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OCTOBER
19,
2000
Vol 29 Issue 06
$i.i6-million
budget approved
by Patrifna Lima
to help run the
HSF
are decided in
comparison with the school's sup-
The Humber Students' Federation
and some 60 full-time students
have approved a budget of more
than
$1.16
million
for
the
2000/2001 school year.
The budget was approved at
the Lakeshore campus last Tuesday
at HSF's bi-annual general meeting,
where full-time students are eligi-
ble to vote.
tor
HSF's main revenue-generastudent activity fees, which
bring in more than $1 million
is
will
this year.
The fees were increased this
year from $27.10 to $40 per student for each semester. However,
the student government is now
undertaking some responsibilities
now abolished Council of
Student Affairs, such as the League
of Innovation Art Show.
of the
HSF
voted,
President Toby Wamell
when he was SAC Lakeshore
president last year, to increase the
fees, which had been frozen for
three years.
Warnell said if the fees had
not been increased, HSF would not
have been able to keep up with
increasing costs.
"Obviously, then, you're going
problems of trying to
squeeze other areas of the budget
out, which are [Necessary] to the
organization to exist and to offer
the mandate that we give to stu-
to run into
dents."
However Sheri Milana, a firstyear Early Childhood Education
student, said it is unfair that the fee
vides
The Work Study Program proHSF with a 70 per cent grant
to subsidize
the cost of student
employees.
HSF has also budgeted more
than $15,000 for honoraria, which
goes towards the 25 volunteers of
the HSF Board of Directors in the
form of gifts, such as HSF jackets.
HSF's
second
greatest
expense is student health insurance. More than $260,000 has
been set aside for this service,
which is an increase of almost
$90,000 from last year.
"One
of the biggest priorities
on our budget this year was the
health insurance plan," Warnell
said. "That's what happens when
you have a service that is well-used
and that's seen as very valuable to
the student population."
HSF
was unable
m-s
to provide
health insurance plan statistics
before print time.
The student accident and sickness insurance plan is available to
full-time
Humber
students. It can
also cover spouses
and dependent
children for an additional $25 per
dependent, per semester.
HSF gave $82,000 to the
health centre, which is the same
amount it gave it last year.
"It is an inadequate amount,"
said Marg Anne Jones, head nurse
of the health centre. "That doesn't
even cover the salaries of staff in
here. Nurses here are paid very
poorly compared to nurses virtually
The Board of Governors gave
anywhere else."
Jones added that the college
and HSF should work together to
approval to the fee hike in
increase the health centre's fund-
applies to students
who do not take
part in extracurricular activities.
final
port staff wages.
February.
ing.
HSF also brought in $150,900
from HSF services, such as the
jointly
The
health centre,
which
is
student employees, including the
five HSF executives, are on the pay-
funded by the college and
HSF, offers birth control at a low
cost, as well as many free services,
such as allergy injections, first aid
and treatment for minor illnesses.
Last year, more than 17,000
Humber students accessed the
North and Lakeshore health cen-
roll.
tres.
Warnell earns $27,000 a year.
Stephen Anastasi, vice president of
the North campus, makes $18,000
annually while Lakeshore VPs earn
Cindy Dragic, HSF business
manager, said the HSF executive
salary is reviewed every two years
by an executive salary review com-
Along with "miscellaneous"
expenses, academic awards were
allocated the least amount of
money at $1,000, an increase from
last year's $400.
Warnell said, "If students feel
that more should be put into
awards, then without a doubt we
would re-evaluate that system for
next year's budget."
which is made up of HSF
and Dragic. Full-time
salaries for non-students employed
funds from
$57,800.
games room and grad photos.
HSF's largest expense is
salaries, set at more than $300,000
for this
year.
Seven full-time
employees and some 25 part-time
$17,200. Lakeshore's vice president
earns $17,200 a year.
mittee,
directors
HSF bumped
up advertising
$32,200 to
last year's
see Budget
page 2
MICHAEL STAMOU
SAXATIONAL
- Ian Parliament (left) and Ryan Casselman set up their amps and
instruments outside of North Campus Residence last Saturday for a free concert. They,
along with Rob Kent on bass and Matt Ross on drums playedfor most of the afternoon.
Students to get refund for meals
by Tara Smith
a result, students" accounts were
incorrect charges,
to each student
Humber
overcharged.
The problem was
resolved on the evening of Sept. 2.
residents can expect to
see some cash back on their
meal cards by Oct. 23.
Humber Et Cetera spoke with
key players on Oct. 10 regarding
problems with the school's meal
plans. During Orientation Week
(Aug. 21 to Sept. 2), taxes (both GST
and PST) were sometimes charged
to students' tax-free meal plans. As
"We
know at
[how many
don't
this point
in
time
people's
accounts were affected]," said John
Mason, director
ancillary services.
"However, a [computer] program
has been written to identify each of
the individuals' accounts that was
affected, and what we'll do is prepare a statement showing any
and provide that
by Oct. 23. Any disbe credited back to
crepancies will
their account."
When Et Cetera spoke with
Mason Oct. 10, he did not know
what would be done to fix the problem. The next day, a resolution had
been found, and on Oct. 12 a notice
was posted in the Rez cafeteria
explainirig the problem to students.
see 'Overcharged' page 2
NOT TO BE Tfir.ftN rrC>A this RC^WI
2
October, 19
News
2000
Et Cetera
Budget approval
Overcharged
made public by HSF
students will
continued from page
HSF bumped up
1
advertising
funds from last year's $32,200 to
S57,8oo.
Their advertising costs include
the new $146.88 per month electronic board leased for each campus
that informs students of
upcoming
HSF events.
The student council is also
developing a web site, which it
hopes will be ready by the end of
the month.
Judy Harvey, dean of student
services, said it is important for
HSF to advertise because "there is a
lack of awareness and participation" among students when it
comes to the student government.
HSF
HSF events were granted
$56,200. The events planned for
the year include awareness days,
comedians, karaoke, battle of the
bands, concerts, lecturers and
movies. Ten thousand dollars has
been budgeted for multicultural
events alone.
"We have a set idea of what we
want to do throughout the year,"
Warnell said, "but obviously things
spring up according to demand or
requests."
HSF was $9,239
over their
year last year. Warnell
said however, according to the old
SAC constitution, the surplus from
previous years would cover any
budget
last
losses.
"So
(last
year's loss) does not
affect the operational
budget of
HSF for this year," he said.
This year's budget was first
approved under the former SAC
organization in February. Warnell
said it was brought forward again
so the new HSF corporation could
pass it themselves.
For the next budget, Warnell
said the HSF is hoping to put more
research into understanding its target market.
"Maybe there is the trend out
there that a lot more students are in
financial need, so then maybe our
role could be to start putting money
into financial aid specifically."
According to the new HSF constitution, the Board of Directors
must pass the budget no later than
Feb. 28 each year.
money back
continued from page
1
Although the problem was idenand resolved during the first
week of September, students were
not notified until now. Mason
admitted that students should have
been informed earlier of the situatified
tion.
"It
was actually the intention
would be informed by
that students
Budget 2000/01
Humber Students' Federation
Proposed Budget for 2000/2001
Presented October 10,2000
99/00
00/01
PRIOR YEAR
BUDGET
REVENUE
way
of a residence newsletter that
the problem had occurred," Mason
"Now unfortunately, that
said.
newsletter has not gotten out on
time."
The problem came to the Et
Cetera's attention during the first
week of September.
Josh Hornung, a first-year civil
engineering student, was one of the
first people to notice something
wrong with the balance of his meal
plan. Hornung, who had kept every
receipt since the day he
Fees
$837,571
$5,262
Interest
Services
Misc.
TOTAL REVENUE
$1,001,960
$129,695
$1 ,000
$5,000
$150,900
$1.000
$973.628
$1,158,860
Salaries
& Leadership
Professional Fees
Property Insurance
Property Cleaning
Office Administration
Leasehold Improvements
Capital Purchases
Local Travel
Honoraria
Appreciation Banquet
Executive Expenses
Miscellaneous
$2,715
$0
$3,200
$346,491
$23,370
$22,700
$2,300
$14,576 i
$64,587
$42,500
$21,850
$3,000
$11,400
$15,750
$3,900
$5,500
$1,000
$5,000
$4,500
$1,000
into
approached Terry Johnson, residence food service manager, about
the problem, and Johnson gave him
compared
$373,080
$21,000
$26,270
$2,320
$8,900
$54,300
moved
Rez, noticed after a couple of days
that almost $25 was missing from
meal
plan.
Hornung
his
a transaction log.
EXPENSES
Admin Expgnscs
Conferences
get their
When Hornung
his receipts to the trans-
action log, there were multiple discrepancies. Hornung pointed these
out to Johnson who said he would
look into the matter.
"How's he going to know
what it was overcharging
that day? He says he's
going to go back and
credit everyone's account,
but I don't think he can."
Service Expgnsgs
Handbook
Health Centre
Health Insurance
Games/Quiet Lounge
Ombudsperson
Peer Tutoring
OCCSPA Membership
BBQ
Elections
Alumni Dinner
$30,332
$82,000
$180,000
$1,150
$6,000
$15,000
$10,500
$2,000
$5,700
$1,500
$267,917
$1,270
$21,400
$15,000
$15,000
$0
$4,000
$2,000
Advertising
Clubs
Events
Meetings
COCA Regional
Welcome Weeks
TOTAL EXPENSES
PROFIT/(LOSS)
It's
been about
Hornung brought
six
this
Hornung
weeks since
problem to
the attention of the food services
department, and only now are students being informed of the problem.
Hornung is skeptical about
money back.
get-
ting his
Programming Expenses
Academic Awards
-Josh
$35,000
$82,000
$400
$32,000
$10,000
$48,350
$3,750
$0
$33.100
$976,017
-$2,389
$1,000
$57,800
$11,550
$56,200
$2,100
$4,000
$i.q,ooo
$1,158,860
"I don't understand how he's
supposed to know what everyone's
balance is, if his computer's been
overcharging,"
Hornung said.
"How's he going to know what it
was overcharging that day? He says
he's going to go back and credit
everyone's account.
But I don't
think he can."
Jen Rogers, a first-year film and
television student, is also convinced
she was ripped off at least $12, and
was upset that she couldn't get
ances on a regular basis.
bal-
"When I get a receipt, I expect
the balance to be printed up with
it," Rogers said. "Half the time [the
cafeteria staff] are like, "Well it's
not printing a balance, so do you
really want the receipt?' It's almost
as if we're expected not to keep
track of what we're buying."
The meal plans run via a computer system which is connected to
the college network. If there are
any problems with the network, it
affects the computer system that
meal plans run
the
on. Also,
when
the computer system goes "offline,"
meal plan balances are unavailable.
is a major issue for students
because it makes it extremely difficult to keep track of their money.
"We need to ensure that the system is on line and that these offline
transactions do not occur," Mason
said.
"So that's certainly being
looked at."
The notice posted in Rez said the
meal plan system was upgraded in
August, and although the software
was tested, taxes were being
charged to students' accounts when
the system was off line during ori-
This
entation week.
'The system
and was
testing
had been
okay
tested,
in regards to
applying the tax laws appropriateMason said in an interview on
Wednesday Oct. 11. "However, what
happened was the part that wasn't
tested when the system went off
ly,"
meaning that it couldn't communicate directly to the server that then it was applying tax to all
line -
items.. .At that
point then, Don
Henriques [general manager of
food services] contacted the software supplier and they corrected
the program.
Sept. 3-"
Mason
That happened on
computer probe used to fix the
accounts has taken time to write.
gram that
said the
will
"Part of the delay in getting this
corrected was, even though the
company was able to correct the
system so it no longer charged tax,
writing the program to identify
each of the students who had been
affected took a bit of time," Mason
said. "We have received that program now so we just need to handle
the administrative paper work at
this end."
Although the problem has been
fixed,
place,
and corrective measure are in
some students are still wary
about the meal plans.
"When I get my money back, I
won't be able to trust our school
residence food plan," Hornung
said.
"I'm always going to keep
track of my meals. ..so I don't get
robbed anymore. Hopefully other
people will start doing the same."
News
October
Et Cetera
19,
2000
3
New area codes
Here we
g^ow
again
to provide relief
Joint programs
by Stacey Roy
by Alexandra Cygal
Overburdened 416 and 905 area
codes out of numbers by Dec. 2001
Residents
of the 416 and 905
areas will have to dial ten digits
when making a phone call in the
new year, even within the same calling area.
To meet Toronto's growing
demand for telecommunication
services, a new 647 area code will
share the 416 area code, and a new
289 area code
905 area.
will co-exist in
the
"What these new area
codes will do is allow
telephone and
telecommunications
systems to continue
growing smoothly
through the next decade."
- Ian Argus
Without these new area codes,
Toronto and the 905 areas will run
out of new phone numbers before
the end of 2001.
"What these new area codes will
do is allow telephone and telecommunication systems to continue
growing smoothly through the next
decade," says Ian Angus, telecommunications analyst.
Angus says that the biggest
advantage to "overlaying" these two
codes means that there will be no
changes to the existing numbers.
Customers will simply have to dial
an area code with every number.
Therefore, when dialing from a 416
number to another 416 number, all
ten digits must be used. Only new
requests for phone numbers will get
the 647 area code.
The demand for phone, fax,
wireless, Internet and data services,
which all require phone numbers
meant new codes were needed.
Starting on January 8, customers dialing a local 416 number
using only seven digits, will hear an
announcement reminding them to
"Add the Code" the next time they
make a phone call. The call will then
go through. Angus says this is just a
practice run to educate the public in
case they haven't already heard
about the change.
Beginning on March 5, the new
647 area code will be officially
added and local 416 calls dialed
with seven-digits will not go
through.
The same will happen in the
neighbouring 905 area.
"Growth in the 905 area has
been bigger than anticipated,"
Angus says, adding that the new
289 area code will be added on
June
9.
The
announcement
campus
Theft hits North
reminding
callers to dial all ten dig-
be introduced in April.
best way to prepare for this
change is to think of your number
as ten-digits. You will need to reprogram your telecommunications
equipment to dial and accept tendigit local calls before January 8.
Start providing your full number
when giving it out, either to family
and friends or on stationary, advertising and promotional material if
you own a local business. Don't forget to re-program your speed dial if
you own a cell phone number within the 416 area code.
its will
The
There
be no changes to
number such as 9-1-1 for emer4-1-1gency,
for
Directory
6-1-1
Assistance,
for
Repair
will
Services or 7-1-1 for the Bell Canada
Move
the first city in
Canada to introduce local ten-digit
dialing, but many cities in the
United States, such as Atlanta,
Dallas and Philadelphia already use
that system.
Over the next five years more
Canadian regions will use the same
solution, when their numbers run
out. The 519 and 613 areas are forecast to run out of numbers by 2006.
For more information, visit
www.bell.ca/dialten.
is
number
getting
In the spring construction will
begin on the new Humber/Guelph
building at North Campus. The
three level, 120,000 square foot
building will be attached to the NX
building by Sept. 2003, and
stretch over lot three-A toward
residence. Its purpose
space for Humbers'
is
to provide
new "blended"
programs that will allow students
to get a degree and a diploma in
four years.
Humber is looking at 18
degrees that must go before the
government run Quality Insurance
Board for program
quality.
Some
areas that are being looked at
include media studies, business,
childcare, and health care.
A.J.
Diamond, Donald Schmitt
and Company
the architect that
overseeing the construction.
is
"[That's
is
lot
Humber
bigger.
Relay Service.
Toronto
over parking
three-A,
is
when
we'll see]
some
evidence of shovels in the ground,"
Dr. Ian Smith, principal of the
Humber/Guelph building said.
The cost of construction is
approximately S28 million and is
covered by the Ontario government under the SuperBuild fund.
The tuition for one of these 'Third
option' programs will mirror the
university cost, which is approximately $3,600 and increases two
per cent each year.
Safety grant hits
with Guelph to
begin in 2003
By 2006 Humber is planning to
accommodate an additional 2,000
full
time students.
"Growth can't cause quality to
decline," Rick Embree, Dean of
planning and developing said.
November
the deadline for a
of degrees to be
offered. The purpose for this new
endeavor is to ease the bubble of
students coming out of four and
finalized
is
list
five year programs at the same
time and flooding the work force.
Academic
Hook
vice- president Richard
said
it
would help Humber
grads get the credit they deserve.
"We
believe this will [ensure]
students at
recognition
Humber
for
get proper
their studies,"
Hook said.
The Humber/Guelph building
comes after a government ruling,
set to take effect in April, that
allows Colleges to run their
own
degree programs. The pilot programs may begin as early as Sept.
2002 and will move into the new
building once it is completed. It is
hoped that the new blended programs will save money for both the
government and students, as
it
shaves one year off of the usual
post-secondary studies.
$40,000
as laptops go missing
By Maxim Ivanov
by Sarah Lashbrook
While
the students were
home
at their dinner tables giving
thanks, one turkey was busy in the
'D' administrative offices.
Crime Stoppers along with
Campus
Security are looking to
find the person responsible for the
two Dell Laptop computand a ghetto blaster stolen at
approximately 8 a.m. on Sat.,
theft of
ers
Oct.7.
Nancy Pinson, manager of
mer, an estimated $35,000 worth
of electronic equipment was
reported missing from various
areas of the College. The police are
still investigating the incident, yet
still have no substantial leads.
Pinson added that one way
departments could protect themselves against further happenings
like this is to secure their laptops
and equipment to their desk.
Some offices have already done so
by use of a protective cable. The
stolen laptops had not been
public safety and ancillary services said that the laptops were taken
from two separate offices. One
computer was in its case while the
other was taken right from the top
of the desk.
"There was no sign of forced
entry, and no proof that the doors
were secured," said Pinson. "The
assumption by staff is that the
doors were locked."
Both Crime Stoppers and the
security at Humber College are
hoping that someone will come
secured.
forward with any information
about the theft.
'There has been no information yet, no tips, and nothing has
been recovered," Pinson said.
This isn't the first theft of the
kind this year. During the sum-
On
Crime Stoppers is hoping that
anyone with information on either
thefts, no matter how small it may
seem, would call the 222-TIPS
line, or the department of public
safety at 4077.
All callers can
remain anonymous and may
receive a cash reward of up to
$1000.
to say if the two
thefts are related," said Pinson.
"It is possible, but I don't want to
"It is difficult
make
a judgement
on
that."
Tuesday,
an
Apple
Powerbook 530C belonging to CG
Instructor David Barkworth was
contained vital files on
students taking CG courses.
If found call ext.4338 or return
stolen.
it
to
It
K107
reception.
lighting, posters
thousand dollars is being
spent on security at Humber
through government grants.
Given to every post secondary
institution by Ministry of Training,
government grants vary in amounts
from $15,000 to $50,000 depending
on the number of students.
"The grant was originally established in 1991 in what was supposed
to be just a two-year program that
was implemented to assist institutions in meeting their obligations
under the sexual harassment policy,
but due to need it has continued
Forty
every year since
its
inception," said
Tanya Cholakov, media advisor for
Ministries
of
Training
and
Education.
Each year
in
February
March Humber does
and
a safety audit
required for the government grants.
Several representatives from most
departments in college look at
number's safety, and make appropriate recommendations on ways
Humber could improve the security
and safety features.
Several recommendations made
last
year have already been imple-
mented at Humber.
"We've done a few more (emergency) phones, more lighting, some
exterior lighting and some interior
and pamphlets and
things of that nature," said Gary
Jeynes, manager of public safety.
While these recommendations
have been implemented, some have
not yet been approved. One recommendation not approved was the
installation of exterior
watch the parking
lots
cameras to
and the col-
lege grounds.
"Well we are looking at the posJeynes. "I mean that's
only one recommendation and we
are not sure if we want to be on that
path or not.
I mean the money
could be directed towards (better
things), but no cameras yet."
The money could be directed
towards better things, and so far it
sibility," said
has improved safety equipment
around campus dramatically. Gary
Jeynes reflected on what he thought
were some of the most valuable
safety equipment acquired through
the government grants.
"I would say emergency phones
and lighting. You know, I mean
people who are on the tours, lighting has substantially improved outside. Exterior lighting has substantially improved over the years,
thanks to the grant."
Most of the Humber students
are
very
improvements
last
about safety
Humber over the
positive
in
nine years, and say that they
should be carried on.
At York University, from the
of July to the end of
September, seven women had been
molested, robbed or raped. The fact
month
that York University also has an
extensive security program, and
receives $50,000 dollars each year
in government grant, didn't prevent
the crimes from happening. It is
why it's important to stay cautious,
at Humber.
"Women's safety is always an
issue," said Ana Williams, 2nd year
even
interior design student. "See
it's
there, like even at York University
with stuff that's going on there, it
was in broad day light. I think safety is a big issue no matter where you
are, even in school."
"We really want to encourage
students and staff to keep their eyes
open and if they see something
unusual to report to security," said
Jeynes. "If they see something hap-
pening they can come and call
crime stoppers 222-TIPS."
Jeynes also welcomes participation of students in suggestions of
security setup
"If there's
and features.
something that
is
making someone uncomfortable,
we want to know about it. They can
go right to the front desk near the
library and we'll get someone
speak to them."
to
October
19,
2000
CAMPUS JL
The order
by Mark Nonkes
With small dance steps, the feelgood play The Mail Order
Bride, brings country
romance
to
the Lakeshore stage.
Theatre Humber's first production of the year is a play that examines three generations of relationships within the Teeter family.
The likeable Harold narrates the
story of two generations of the
Teeter family while speaking to the
third generation. This third generation, Russell and his wife Eva,
have travelled across the country to
is
"Any drug deal that's that important
can be figured out in the hallway."
-Antanas
see
in at Lakeshore
auction off his grandparents' homestead after his grandmother dies.
Harold explains how the family
patriarch, Charles, sent away for a
mail order bride, Charlotte.
Many laughs come when Harold
speaks out of context, making it
known that he is in a play. One particularly funny moment was when
Harold calls a stage hand to refill
his thermos with moonshine.
This
production
showcases
Humber's
talented
third-year
actors with strong performances
across the board. The presence of
Charlotte
played
by Yvonne
Wallace, on stage captures every
scene she appears in and is a delight
to watch.
The gray set with half a windbeaten house is the most effective
thing on stage, other than the cast.
The lighting is wonderful, transforming a white backdrop into an
endless sky.
Director Diana Belshaw put
together a show that flows very well.
This could be a difficult play to
understand as it constantly travels
through different times. However,
she makes it easy to follow.
Whether it is Belshaw's directing
or Robert Clinton's writing, the play,
about romance and relationships,
away from corny cliches.
The Mail Order Bride is a fine
show that entertains from beginstays
ning to end.
The play runs about an hour
and
45 minutes and runs until Saturday
Oct. 22. Tickets are $12 for adults,
$8 for seniors/students, and $5 for
children under 5. For more information call ext. 3421.
M «K NONkkS
GOT MAIL — Theatre Humber's first production starts.
Sileika
'Cell hell'
international students
need Humber friends
October
Of the 398 million telephones in the
more than 1/3 are in the U.S.
It takes
a week
world,
to
make
by Ashley Kulp
-www.useless-facts.com
Let's
talk about sex baby!
Humber
College students talked about that
and much more last Thursday when
CFRB's radio show, Generation Next,
was broadcasting live from North's stu-
dent centre.
problems solved
gram.
Doyle praised the approach
by Brianne Binelli
gives
its
relation-
think the fact that the school's
as opposed to university
you're right in there and working
with equipment,
and it provides
you with a great
style,
problems
in
Humber
College's
opportunity for
internship,
an
which
Bendixen
appreciated that
his teachers were
in the industry
while
teaching
him.
"A lot of the
time you'd get
one-on-one consultation with the
According to
news
anchor and host
of Generation
Next,
Jackie
a h o n
,
Humber
College
just
the
place to broadcast the show.
ASHLEY KULP
CFRB — Generation Next broadcasts live from Humber
'The points that they are arguing
aren't all that great of importance," he
in their 20s.
kind of like Jerry Springer in
doesn't really educate you, but
it's fun to watch."
The show has four broadcasters.
Mahon is the host with broadcasters
is
said. "It's
Issues like sex, drugs,
and rock and
and sometimes we delve into
polit-
as well.
"This is the perfect venue for it
because we get to talk to people our
ical issues
own
age,"
Mahon
outside,"
said.
Beginning at i p.m., the show
attracted a crowd of Humber students
who stepped up to a microphone to
speak their minds.
Students tackled topics such as
whether Napster is infringing the copy-
a way.
It
Hannah Sung, Mike Bendixen, and
Ryan Doyle as panelists.
Sung hosted the show when she was
a writer for Eye Weekly, and liked it so
much she
stayed.
Bendixen and Doyle were producers
at CFRB before becoming panelists for
the show.
he
also
good
a weekly show that's based on
issues that deal specifically with people
roll,
teachers and they
had a lot of connections to the
"It's
Generation
Next'
I
started," he said.
CFRB
was
how
is
said.
got a
name
attached to it, so when you go to apply
for a job, they don't look at you like
you're an idiot."
The live broadcast was a hit with all
students who attended, watching the
hosts playfully bantering back and
forth with each other over certain
issues.
The show's team said they would
definitely welcome the chance to come
back to Humber.
campus
lot
seven
North
money is removed in a day,
there may be a paper jam,
which means the students
are fixed.
coins, the
problem was
quickly fixed.
week ago, problems surfaced again when, according
to Pinson, "the transformer
blew."
A
with the unit
rains or
wet said Pinson.
If the paper does get wet
during one of the three times
of
Since the beginning of
September the gates at lot
seven, opposite the main
entrance, would work one
day and be broken the next,
said Nancy Pinson, manager
of public safety.
Pinson
said
although
there were problems with the
unit, which was not accepting
difficulty
snows and the
paper inside the machine gets
if it
Frustrated students can
relax now that the parking
"I
ships.
M
some
hands-on
voice their
opinions on several issues like
lifestyles
Humber
students.
to
and
Lot seven parking
The pair are also graduates of
number's Radio Broadcasting pro-
The
show,
which has been
on the airwaves
for
almost a
year, gave students a chance
sex,
will
not receive the receipt
needed to display on their
dash as proof of payment.
"There are different things
would cause a paper
jam," said Pinson, who quickly explained that if problems
do persist with the parking
unit, service technicians or
that
security are usually available
remedy the problem.
Fir.st-year Nursing student Jacquiline Smith agreed
that whenever there is a
problem with the unit, secu-
to
Students were greeted
with two security guards who
people are always there
help the students get
through the gate to find a
rity
were collecting money and
handing
temporary
out
to
receipts for the day.
space.
The Public Safety department was able to avert many
Pinson cautions students
if they do not receive a
parking receipt they should
notify parking employees at
ext. 4416 or security at ext.
4077.
"The sooner [the public
problems with the parking
unit in early August when
technicians were on hand to
watch out for any problems
students might have faced at
the beginning of a new \car,
said Pinson.
Students mav still face
that
safety
department
the quicker
Pinson.
we
fix
is]
it,"
Generation Ne.xt airs live as a
format talk show on
phone-in
Saturdays from 8 to lo p.m. on CFRB
1010.
Danke Shon, Oktoberfest
HOOTERVULE
NIGHT CLUB
by Melanie Justason
EVERY FRIDAY
Put your lederhosen back in the clos-
Oktoberfest has come to an end.
For
the
Humber
Students'
Federation that meant loading up two
bus loads of beer loving, sauerkraut eating students and toting them off to
Bingeman's in Kitchener-Waterloo.
et,
IS
LADIES NITE!
slo
"Even though we got
gypped in the sauerkraut
Cover
All Nite
For The Ladies
competition."
-Steven Anastasi
Steve Anastasi,
HSF
Our
vice-president
of campus life North, said he thought
the event was excellent.
"It was lots of fiin," he said. "Even
though we got gypped in the sauerkraut
Low
Prices
Are Too
To Advertise!
competition."
Brampton's Largest Nite Club
The Bavarian
festival has been held
Kitchener-Waterloo for over 30
years. Kitchener is a natural host for the
event since the city itself was settled
largely by Germans back in the 19th
in
83 Kennedy Road South
BRAMPTON
century.
The town was called Berlin until 1916
when mounting anti-German sentiment
brought on by First World War led to
the name change to Kitchener.
5
-sbt.bhmedia.com
my generation
right of musicians, and if Napster users
should have to pay surcharges to download songs from the popular site.
Second-year Computer Engineering
student Sean Pommells participated in
the show and said the show was good,
but the topics weren't very important to
him.
2000
Every time you lick a stamp you're consuming 1/10 of a calorie.
a jelly bean.
-www.uslessknowledge.com
Talking about
19,
SARAH LASH BROOK
PASSIN THE STEIN - Humber Student's
raise their glasses to
celebrate Oktoberfest at Bingeman's in Kitchener-Waterloo.
(905) 796-2549
told,
said
October
19,
2000
EDI
Visit
us on-line
at:
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Clogging up the roads again
At one time or another we've all
a big i8-wheel
truck in frustration; we can't see
around them, they talce too long to
get up to speed and we're always
afraid of one of those big tires flying off and maiming us.
been driving beliind
We
often think of truckers in a
negative way, and
now with
the
threat of a 401 shutdown looming,
our negative attitude will only con-
our hostility really justified?
Stop
for a
minute and think of what
truckers do for us.
They
cent since last July, costing truck-
our grocery stores with
food so we can eat, they move our
furniture for us
when we want
to
Food
merchanessentially making the job
dise,
to help their situation as
lates the trucking
industry and
to charge
no more
crippled the trucking industry and
truckers with
what many of us hear
when we purchase something.
It's
that
if
little
interests.
receipts
Though we don't always obey
it,
we
understand the reasoning
behind it: in case of any problems
that might arise, the receipt serves
As
faith.
us against that
$3,000, shabbily assembled, big
screen TV that falls apart after one
weeks, or the CD that comes out of
its case in three pieces instead of
protects
one.
But what happens if you're buying a bag of chips and Coke?
Should there be any need for proof
of purchase for something that
residence
at
might have been a good
idea to keep all those little receipts
from the moment you buy that first
bag of Doritos.
it
said
all
reluctantly
take
part
their
in
protest.
This
ed rolling convoys on the highways.
is the only bargaining power
public in their dispute?
they have.
fault gas prices are high.
attention of the
The only way they can get the
government is to
piss-off the public and powerful
cumb to their demands.
Where should the money come
from to make up for their lost rev-
corporations.
We as the public have to understand the trucking industry has
been backed into a corner over the
enue?
that they hope the public will get
past year.
up and pressure the government to end the dispute.
It is however one thing to take
threatened and
commended for being so patient, as
for help.
Florida has bad weather for a
growing season and farmers have a
poor orange crop, they compensate
for their loss of revenue by raising
The
rationale for doing this
Is
it
right for
them to
involve the
It
isn't
It
our
isn't
our fault Al Palladini won't suc-
is
has
been
time for them to
let everyone know that this problem won't go away.
Their
fed
the side of the truckers reading this
livelihood
it's
students
would
receive a statement itemizing any
incorrect charges by Oct. 23,
and
the cards would be credited.
The
solution
was announced just
week, and many students are
probably learning of the problem
through this copy of the Et Cetera.
Humber should have informed
students of the soution to the computer problem long ago.
last
reached,
a solution hadn't been
if
it
may have been some overcharging
on meal plans and that steps are
more
GST amd PST charges that
plan balances.
seems the extra taxes were
applied while the computer that
runs the plan was 'offline', between
Aug. 21 and Sept.2. When the system is offline, meal plan balances
are unavailable, making it virtually
impossible for students to keep
HUMBjy^
should not have been too
inform students there
resulted in rapidly declining meal-
school,
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difficult to
should have been excluded, which
week of
countless meal card transactions
It
should be surprised that
up and have start-
the
being taken to fix it.
It would have looked a lot better
than saying nothing until more
than a month had passed, which did
nothing but make the incident look
included
No one
truckers are fed
fuel costs.
Director of Ancillary Services,
Even
costs so little?
first
market works, but not
their cards.
affected by overcharging
During the
free
case of the trucking industry.
turns out, keeping the
the only way students can be sure Humber puts the
correct amount of money back onto
purchased
in
editorial
may be
John Mason,
live
from the comforts of your
home, but it's another thing to be
sitting helplessly behind 30 trucks
on the 401 for two hours as you
eventually
it
as proof that the merchandise was
you
how a
in the
is
was unavail-
why bother keeping
able,
receipt?
If
choice
is
which
down to the consumer. This
probably thought
their balance
by
those who would look out for our
familiar advice, drilled into us
Humber,
Economic Development
Minister Al Palladini and the trucking industry have yet to come to an
agreement and truckers need to be
passed
track of their spending.
Many students
receipt.
It
24 per cent surcharge to be made
by shippers to trucking companies,
which will compensate for the high
If
escalating fuel costs have
left
their prices,
for a
found out
Always be sure to hang on to your
good
little
regu-
it
than $1 per kilometre.
The
demand change.
They are currently asking
they have waited well over a year
unprofitable.
them
but to
service flub
finally
in
peri-
raise their prices to ship
have
relocate.
That's
same
kilometre. During this
od, truckers have not been able to
allows
fill
one
ers $0.70 per litre to travel
The government has done
tinue to grow.
Is
And how do you think all those
computers, the clothing and the
newspapers get to the stores?
The cost of fuel has risen 75 per
all
advertising inquiries to
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October
Thanksgiving
means
usually
eat-
ing great portions of food that
you would otherwise-never
crappy rhymes
There
making
my own
contribution to the
With
effin'
throne
Kurt Cobain blew onto the scene
like a rebel
without a clue, igniting
youth-culture gone wrong.
So
Yes,
across the globe something to
the face of over a decade of
strive for, other than a career in
challenged
rule,
phony family values, and torched
the inflated myths of a bankrupt
culture sick to death of the notion
Because
professional wrestling.
who knows, maybe the little kid
rocks will someday be able to
translate their own self-obsessed
we've arrived at a point in time
sorry acts like Extreme, Mr. Big,
which
it
and Nelson teetering into the
ture
utterly blah.
where-are-they-now
speculate
file.
entire generation
of disenchanted youth
fell
under
Cobain's spell. They dyed their
and
bottle
marble
up
forgotten to pick
resorted to the
most desper-
and
is
I'm trying to get at
that
is
The reason?
because
it's
I
we've
strayed so far into this so-called
economic boom that we've
become too
could find.
Life
brand hairspray
terribly
comfortable
bottle
only a
flammable
like
must be a general
magazine such as McLean's
or Time that is no more than two
weeks old.
There should also be an entertainment magazine such as People
interest
or Vanity Fair.
A must have
is
cut short
I
and returned to
my
visit
the outside world.
In the interest of all
men,
I
pres-
The
rules for
books are murkier.
fiction or poetry
hend for the situation at hand.
There should be a book of
If
the Transportation Ministry
trying to find out
dle Ontario
if
Unfortunately, the road test
is
we can han-
roads, they should
artificial.
people
My examiners
withered
and
died.
instead of teen angst
exploitation,
with
Spears
Britney
2000,
In
we have teen
tarts
and
like
Christina
are looking up,
and
jobs,
why there's such
more people have
there's the notion that
technology
will
when
happy, you end up with
happy, but the sad part
an ounce of flesh goes a hell of a
lot further than a pound of talent.
Not that either one has a speck of
people are
the
The Internet
latter.
Word on
all
towards the pot of gold. People are
Aguillera showing the world that
Then there's Kid Rock and
Eminem, both of whom could be
described as this culture's low
point. Armed with their ignorance
and trailer-park wisdom, the two
of them give white-trash rednecks
us
propel
is,
complacency.
But soon things
will
will
will fall apart.
crash,
money
dry up, and your optimism
should
test
our weaving.
parking, they should check
quickly
we can
packed parking
find
spots
how
in
a
lot.
The ideal test of our driving
would be on snowy roads. We
should be asked to
find
the closest
Tim
Horton's drive-thru. If
pull
in,
we can
order coffee and a snack-
pack of TimBits, and drive away,
we
we laughed
at
we
be half refunded
can drive on the highway
really are
my
Nicole
Montreuil
my last
road test attempt.
The process should have taken
two years and $100. It took me
four years and a little over S300,
for people
but close enough, right?
turned into reds before
I
may
I'm not stupid.
licence,
I
behind
That's
how we
the wheel.
Here's
missed.
not like the system but
If
I
wanted
my
had to bite the bullet and
all this,
how
did
a
and a
I
few
"Well,"
left
the
Don't you
right turn
don't watch
test,
feel safer
First year
First year
First year
Third year
-
BILLS!"
pulled in
-
my
said,
on the roads
already?
Jesse Calabro
Business Administration
"Music, CDs, and oh yeah, lingerie"
I
examiner
Lyroy Brown
General Arts and Science
-
my
"That's a pass."
Anna Tripodo
Law Clerk
won't get one, but if I did, I'd
get a couple of DVDs
in a
into
engine and awaited the bad news.
Nicholas Siever
Television
-"I
cleared
nearly hit a pedestrian.
How are you going spend your $200 tax refund check?
the Street
I
drove 60
Two minutes
school zone.
test, I
I
to a parking spot, turned off
do?
missed blind-spot checks, a
without looking. So
ran four yellow lights that
At the end of the
I
turn without immediately moving
to the right lane,
I
and I drive on the left.
what the examiner
the intersection.
pretend I'm competent.
The examiner found
drinking coffee.
just like
Vanilla Ice years earlier.
if
errors on
Our fee should
Eminem
like a beetle
in
I only found out about some of
them when they showed up as
After
while changing radio stations and
be crushed
is
my licence. The
me on are so archaic
should automatically pass.
under
a stomping boot. Hopefully by
then we will all be able to laugh at
will
Nature a tad more interesting.
that
Instead of checking our parallel
these days. Things
it
test, they
if
I
someone was inventing the
telephone on the same day as I
am.. ..well never mind.
This is not a comprehensive list,
but nonetheless it is a good start to
make those visits with Mother
are always
would never allow
I
rules they test
obvious to see
Though-at times
quite discouraging to read
they weren't directly respon-
sible for getting
a scarcity of
it
Who let the Transport Ministry out?
the G2 exit
it's
books. They
are too long and difficult to compre-
testing our blind-spot-checking in
the very
short, interest-
the important people
all
events that occurred on a
particular day.
that
tips,
ing articles.
great art
later,
reader of
bom and
and
gardening
slash-org world. If it's true that
But seven years
Wordsworth's Book of Days: a
delightful book that informs the
find
flannel.
teen spirit Nirvana heralded has
facts/information or a book of
A personal favorite is
quotes.
er patterns for the year, horoscopes,
cleaned the local Zellers out of
all
an
is
For the more esoteric household
I suggest a copy of the current
Farmer's Almanac - a quaint journal that offers a sampling of weath-
car
derived of pain, then
stress
National Geographic
priate.
treat us like real drivers. Instead of
is
must
I
that skin magazines are not appro-
things as they are in this dot-com-
hair pink, pierced their faces,
a magazine with
plenty of pictures.
No
and dangerous.
all
with
boring, with
containing words
in
can be said that our cul-
ingredients of any
label and a very strange precaution
bigotry into platinum sales.
What
I
The
was
of reading materials that
list
every washroom should contain.
excellent choice.
I
Defeated,
money-making commodity. Most ofall, Nirvana killed
the vapid music {"ndustry, and sent
of art as a
Somehow, an
had
instructions
Cobain's ragged songs threw
Republican
I
ate of measures and read the labels,
those were the days.
fire in
calling.
there?
of a
frustrations
came
something to read. Damn.
Once again I found myself in the
most terrible of situations for a
male. Was I just supposed to sit
Roses.
his scorched, tortured voice,
the seething
nature
my frenzy to reach the
In
Nirvana were the biggest
Guns N'
when
ulation,
was in Grade 9 it was
1993, and a bunch of grubs
I
ent a
First there
eat.
was, several hours after
I
depletion of the world's turkey pop-
thing since
7
Literary reviews from the throne
Good times bring
called
2000
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8
19,
2000
A company in Taiwan makes
"Traditional student markets
dinnerware out of wheat, so you
can eat the plate.
don't exist."
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universities going virtual
Cars online not making a
big splash with consumers
by Brad Horn
add more vehicles to the site this
month, such as the new Sport
an effort to attract the Internet
Insavvy
consumer, Ford and
General Motors vehicles can now
be purchased online with the click
of a mouse.
Linked from their existing Web
sites, GM's Buy Centre and Ford's
Buyer Connection allow consumers to research, select, and
even set
up financing
Utility,
the Escape.
GM's Buy Centre follows the
same lines, offering all of the company's cars and trucks for purchase
online, Ralph Goralczyk, sales consultant for Woodbine Pontiac
Buick GMC, says the idea will
probably never catch on.
like
the
Jim Brickell, sales
Ed Learn Ford. "So
said
Visiting either one of these sites,
sale, it is
cannot attend on-campus
such as full-time workers,
doors on September 29.
"We provide learning with as
many options as possible," said
Executive Director Vicky Bush.
home
The
including a Masters degree
HORN
University,
Laurentian
Royal
Roads University, the University
of Manitoba, and the University of
Victoria have formed a partnership in offering these services.
The CVU does not grant
no sale or price break
NO SALE-online sales slow
"I don't see
any
benefits except
you
will find the vehicle and find
out about the options", Goralczyk
said. "I don't believe cars as a product will sell at great liberty on the
Internet. You can buy a CD
[online] because you know the content or a book because it is a product you know what to expect from.
The car, it's a little more intimate."
Brickell says
Buyer Connection
a valuable resource when doing
research on a new car, but the only
way to really tell if a vehicle is right
sumer may have a better chance
a discount
to go for a testdrive.
"We
try to invite test drives,"
Brickell said. "Although online
is
at
come down to the
person.
"The pricing is the same
because the prices you see on the
Web site are usually the mainstream advertising," Goralczyk
said. "Sometimes dealers are offering promos like on clearance cars
lot in
degrees as the universities themselves will grant the degrees, but
with a salesperson at
Despite
some
point.
this, Brickell says, if the
might help
son a
to
little less
make the
an organizing and
administrating body as well as
being a portal to the universities.
"We [will] provide links to complete programs," said Bush.
All seven universities will offer
students the choice of 1,500 university courses, including 200
online that can be combined to
complete 100 recognized universi-
consumer uses the Web site for
nothing more than gathering information on the car they want to buy,
it
act as
will
and those might sell for less."
In the end the showroom cannot be avoided.
Financing and
paper work cannot be done over
the phone so a buyer must meet
is
is
if they
BC Open
Brandon University,
Athabasca University,
University,
is
all
online or through correspondence.
According to Goralczyk, a con-
ers.
BRAD
virtual university offers the
diplomas, certificates and degrees
know if this car is for you," he
There
a Masters
students the opportunity to receive
offered as incentive to online buy-
Buy Centre linked from
www.gmcanada.com or Buyer
linked
from
www.ford.ca, consumers can select
a car, browse the inventories of
dealerships, and even place an
order for a vehicle.
The request is sent to a dealership, which then contacts the buyer
over the phone and invites them
down to the showroom.
Ford's Buyer Connection is considered a pilot project. Only three
vehicles are currently offered
online, the Focus, Taurus and
Windstar. Brickell says Ford has
seen growth in the number of
online users, and is planning to
not a
said.
the
Connection
site "is
that leads to an immediate
more awareness about the
tool
don't
consultant for
this is a way of getting a fair price
right up front and not going
through any of the hassles that are
traditionally associated with buying a car."
According to Goralczyk, the
"Nothing will replace the
knowledge of the salesperson or
the touching and driving of the
vehicle. Until you stretch your
arms and touch the pedals you
new vehicle.
"A lot of people are saying they
don't like the hassle of going back
unknown,"
online."
Web
resources to offer online and distance education degrees, opened its
Imagine completing
good for collecting information,
practical aspects, such as do you
feel comfortable in the seat, do you
properly fit in it, can you see, are
not things you can determine
General Motors
degree from the comfort of your
own home. In this age of the virtual world, it is now possible.
The Canadian Virtual University,
a partnership of seven Canadian
universities that have pooled their
tered online, via e-mail, teleconferencing, video, audio tapes, and
regular mail. According to Bush,
this is the direction education is
heading.
"Traditional student markets
don't exist," said Bush.
Bush said the Canadian Virtual
University will assist those who
vehicle."
for their next
and forth or they don't
by Carlo Corbo
ty credentials.
Last year these universities
received over 100,000 distance
education course registrations.
The courses will be adminis-
salesper-
intimidating.
classes,
stay-at-
parents, or people with sev-
eral jobs.
""There are
many
adult learners
who
are working full time and
realize they need to complete a
degree to enhance their career
opportunities," said Bush. "This is
something they can work on part
time."
Bush said the business world is
supporting their endeavor.
"Business leaders were one of
the
first to
accept this," said Bush.
more feasible for business."
She also said the Canadian
"It is
Virtual University plans to include
more universities with new programs in the future.
Anyone wishing to register can
log on to wTvw.cvu-uvc.ca., and can
obtain information and arrangetransfer credits from other institutions. There
Students
is
no
will
fee involved.
pay the normal
fees to the university for the courses in which they register.
A BA
comprised of 20 courses will cost
roughly $750 for each course
amounting to $15,000 in total
tuition fees. The amounts differ
slightly
for
each
university
involved.
Governments crack down on cell phone laws in
effort to protect users from the risk of cancer
that there
by Marlon Colthrust
Cellular phones may cause cancer.
This
is
is
no conclusive evidence
back it up.
"There is no way to easily
demonstrate the effects of electromagnetic radiation in the lab," said
to
the warning that
some governments such as Israel
and South Africa are petitioning to
cancer radiation professor at the University of
have put on the packaging of cellular phones.
Cell phone handsets and base
antenna towers in recent years
have been blamed for causing can-
Toronto.
"Everyone knows there is some
sort of connection between electro-
cer.
Most of the suspicion is based
on the fear of electromagnetic radifrom
ation
cell
phones and
its
potential link to cancer.
The
fact that radiation
is
invisi-
and enters and
our bodies without our
knowledge makes it even more
ble,
intangible,
leaves
intimidating.
The only trouble with this fear
Dr Andrew Rauth, a
magnetic radiation and our health,
but there is no proof," Rauth said.
So why
the continuing para-
noia?
The
problem, according to
James Walsh, author of True Odds:
How Risk Affects your Everyday
Life, is that information about risk
is
often presented in a misleading
way.
Consumersjump to conclusions
that the available data doesn't sup-
is
In his book,
Walsh examines
ed to research into the health risks
of cell phones.
The committee did not claim
that any health risk had been
proven, but rather further research
the gap between the data about the
by
risks created
tion
and the
cell
phone radia-
public's perception of
that risk.
was justified.
Israel, South Africa, and several
European countries are passing
bills forcing cell phone companies
"You can establish the exposure
human tissue to certain types of
radiation causes abnormal tissue
grovrth," says Walsh. "It's also true
that a cell phone causes some level
of radiation."
of
Walsh
true,
to
says both statements are
but that doesn't mean
list
cell
the potential health risk of
phones on
cell
phone packag-
ing.
"Anything
cell
in
moderation can't
Andrea Fernades, a
phone radiation causes abnormal
hurt," said
tissue growrth.
ond-year Nursing student.
Fernades said she only uses her
phone in cases of emergency, or
when she's expecting an important
The debate over the
risks of cell
phone radiation is unlikely to subside any time soon.
In September of 1998, Britain's
House of Commons' Science and
Technology Committee recommended that more money be devot-
sec-
call.
"I
don't leave
my
phone on
all
day and all night like some people
do, "Fernades said.
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risks, students still enjoy
using their cell phones, and
don't plan to stop.
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electric chair
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people I want to work with."
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watch
With
wide pants, wild hair, and
Internet guru Simon
Waterfall, captivated an audience of web
design and e-business hopefuls.
Simon Waterfall, co-founder of
Deepgroup, a multimedia solutions company presented his vision to Humber
students earlier this month. What
was assumed to be a traditional
his
unique
style,
panies which all come together under
Deepgroup.
Humber students were excited to hear
that Waterfall was to appear at Humber.
"When we heard that Simon would be
speaking at several Toronto Universities and
colleges, 10 minutes later we were on the
phone arranging for him to speak to Humber
tv
gum
for three hours.
said Tom Green, Interactive
Multimedia
program co-ordinator at
Humber.
Simon conveyed the importance of fun in
an individual's profession and that his
accomplishments were not about the money
but rather money was a bonus. With projects
such as interactive television, multimedia
Humber
game-developments, and support for upand-coming technologies such as broadband,
handheld
wireless
and
technologies,
Deepgroup is at the cutting edge. Waterfall
students,"
is
at the forefront.
"Do it with your heart and have confidence the key to creativity is failure,"
Waterfall said.
,
"better business seminar" turned
and entertaining
presentation about being creative
and having fun.
"Technology is transportation,
design is communication. Why are
we here? It's not about selling. It's
into a colourful
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Using colourful linguistic and
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Humber students they were
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of his
vision to eager students.
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by Martin Currunts
2000
Recycling one glass jar saves enough
"The people that frighten
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2000
ENTERTAIWWSIff
Wire Service then
for
CKMW,
a
station that shared a building with
CFNY. After being invited to do
Good price, good
some
commercial voice work,
Pauts was hired by CFNY, now
known
as 102.1
The Edge.
"The station has been through a
lot of ownership changes so I
always joke about it and say, you
know, I didn't have to leave
because the owners kept changing," Pauts said.
Toronto-born
radio
announcer graduated from the
radio and television arts program
at Ryerson and, after flirting with
the idea of a television career,
Pauts discovered her true passion
- radio.
"Sometimes as you go through
school, you sort of find out what
you have a natural affinity for," she
said. "And being a good yacker, I
was pretty confident with being on
the microphone."
Pauts has worked for The Edge
for 12 years now, moving through a
variety of positions such as assis-
ON THE AIR - Pauts hard at work
by Ann-Marie Colacino
Pauts encourages radio broaddrive for
anyone who has the
However, getting experience and
low pay are difficuhies a beginning
"Financially
Pauts
but
it
ence
may
was
face, said
really hard,"
is vital.
"It's
important to get experi-
sometimes you have to go
to a small market first, but I was
able to do that while still living in
...
Toronto," Pauts said. "But why it's
important to go to a smaller station
bet-
it really allows you to
of different positions."
Pauts began her career in
takes a while to get to
Toronto working for Canada News
said.
"It
it
does get good and
that's the thing;
ter,
The host of The Edge midday
show advises that getting experi-
ence
it.
radio broadcaster
Pauts.
it
gets
much
morning
in
Toronto
first is that
have a
lot
10 bucks, you can sky
dive, water ski, or bungee jump.
If you have
but
it
seems impossible,
the virtual reality of
Mississauga's Playdium anything
is possible for a decent price.
Since 1996, Mississauga has
hosted one of the most high tech,
interactive entertainment sites in
the country, with over 200 games
in
and activities at the $17
amusement park.
Playdium Consultant,
million
Roisin
McGlynn, said the Pladyium is a
growing venture with 45 locations
across Canada.
"Mississauga and Toronto are
the most popular locations. We
offer new games every week due to
the amount of games we get, so
you'll never come and see the same
games all the time," McGlynn said.
But middays remain the
slot she
loves most.
"I like the shift because of the
hours, it does leave me free for
other freelance work as well. It's a
good shift for that ... I love it," she
said.
Currently Pauts is involved in a
variety of broadcast work such as
voice work for CTV, radio commer-
and freelance.
Pauts has been working middays for about eight years now and
said she does eventually want to
move on. She isn't sure what she's
cials,
The Edge, 102.1 disc jockey Maie
for
director,
host.
on The Edge
work
music
shows DJ, and Live
DJ living life
cast
tant
by Carcia Campbell
In reality
The
ANN-MARIE COLACINO
games, good time
For the kids, Playdium offers a
playroom and a section of threefoot high video games built to suit
the height of a four-year old.
For the daredevils, Playdium
offers Speed Zone, an interactive
game where players can challenge
Indy drivers on the Virtua Indy
Indianapolis
racetrack.
Thrill
seekers enjoy the Simulation Zone
where gamers can strap on skis
and race dowTi a choice of Olympic
race courses.
In a partnership wdth the
Toronto Blue Jays, Playdium features the Blue Jays Club House
where you can practise your baseball skills
in
interactive
batting
cages.
The Playdium
also
has a dance
simulator that simulates your own
dance moves, alongside regular
shoot 'em-up video games.
Professionals would enjoy the
two corporate meeting lounges
complete with food, Ucensed beverage service, and the latest audiovisual equipment.
Grehim Thompson, visiting
from England, said not only is
Playdium affordable, but it proves
video games are no longer just for
kids.
doesn't matter how old you
you're 60 it doesn't really
matter. There's all kinds of people
here.
Businessmen coming for
"It
are.
If
lunch and all that ... you could
probably get some pensioners in
"Thompson said.
Playdium also offers the companionship of the playmasters,
who master every game in the
here,"
building and offer strategy advice.
In the summer months the
Playdium opens their outdoor
playground with mountain climbing and visiting musical acts.
going to do next except that it will
still be on air.
Middays wdth Maie Pauts run
Monday through Friday from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m., which also includes
the All Request Nooner between 12
p.m. and 1 p.m. For more informavisit the Edge
www.edge102.com.
tion
Web
site at
that point."
NEAR YOU:
Playdimn
Mississauga:
99 Rathbum Rd.
West
(905) 273-9000
Playdium
Toronto:
126 John St.
(416) 260-1400
GARCIA CAMBELL
MORE AMUSING THAN ALICE'S WONDERLAND Inside the glorious land of Playdium
October
Jackie Chan's 'Drunken Master 2'
released in theatres Oct. 20th
Headstones with Nasville Pussy at the
Warehouse, Oct. 20th
ETC
Profile:
From medicine to music, Brian
Byrne is now filling the void
behind the microphone of Toronto's
altemative-rock band I Mother Earth
(IME).
With all the vigor and energy of a
"wild chicken", the shaggy-blond
Byrne has shocked and wowed audiences on his first official tour with the
band.
"I have a weird shaped body ... I
look like a chicken ... and dance like a
chicken," said Byrne in a matter-offact tone.
At the age of 18, Byrne and two of
his best friends left high school and
drove west, a sabbatical he called his
"find myself trip." Find himself he
did. After his return,
COURTESY
THEM BOYS IS ROCK STARS -
Byrne (above) and
I
the whole Mother Earth gang (below, l-r) Christian
Tanna, Bruce Gordon, Byrne, and Jag Tanna
Byrne attended
Sir Wilfred Memorial University,
Newfoundland's "greatest and only
university," only to give up medical
studies to try his luck in the music biz
in Toronto.
And did he luck out.
With the
release of
I
Mother
Earth's album, Blue Green Orange,
featuring Bsone, he validates his
worth as a vocalist and performer.
From the raw and gritty vocals on
the first single 'Summertime in the
Void' to the sexy strains on 'My
Beautifiil Deep End,' he has proved
to be a perfect match for the notorious range of sounds I Mother Earth
is
known to explore.
Byrne was born in 1975 in
Labrador City. At the age of three,
Brian and his parents moved to
Steadybrook, where he lived, as he
describes "at the foothills of Marble
Mountain."
Eldest of three children, Brian is
the only of his siblings with a career
in music.
"They can carry a tune, but they're
not looking for a career in singing or
anything like that," Byrne said of his
it
and talented
21-year-old sister
and
19-year-old
kilter vocals
brother.
nailed
From a young age, Byrne began
vocal training, "always in choirs" he
vocals
I got more and more
involved in music I got more train-
explains. "As
ing."
Due to his dare-devil fearlessness
when it came to spwrts, Byrne earned
the nickname "Mad Dog" at the age
of 14.-
would
"I
try anything first,"
said, referring to a difficult
he
off-ramp
bike jump.
But
Byrne's
Mad Dog is only one of
many nicknames. To close
he is knovra as Beege, Bymsy,
Dog, and most recently Chicken
friends
Mad
Boy, given to him by the guys of IME
(Jag Tanna, Bruce Gordon, and
Christian Tanna) for his spazziness
on stage, and referring to his highenergy psychedelic dance moves.
After a year and a half of living in
the big city, the move proved to be a
gamble worth taking because IME
selected his demo tajje from the hundreds sent in during the search for a
new vocalist in 1997.
"It was like starting a relationship.
You know they're not seeing anyone
else and you're not seeing anyone
only you just haven't committed
Byrne said, describing the
nerve-racking trial period before the
guys made him an ofiScial member of
else,
yet,"
IME.
But
it
11
up at the Phoenix
Oct. 26
Herbaliser cuts
is
'Chicken boy' cute
by Valeria Sladojevic-Sola
2000
19,
was a fluke that Byrne was
Like the vast majority of
applicants, his demo tape was rejected, tossed aside due to the poor
chosen.
recording quality and an odd looking
Sears passport photo. It was not
until a truste4 mutual friend of
Byrne's and the Tanna's passed the
recording along that the tape was
given a listen. Byrne auditioned with
songs by Van Morrison, Jeff Buckley,
and Bjork. He chose songs with off-
and weird
timing,
and
it.
Byrne's
raspy
high-intensity
were only a part of the package
that earned him a spot in the band.
The mild mannered and charismatic
character behind the voice is what
sold him.
it was not all fun and games
then 22-year-old 'new guy.'
"It was exciting because it was a
relatively big deal... but there was a
lot of pressure," said Byrne. It was
"kind of difficult" having to fill the
shoes of Edwin, I Mother Earth's for-
Only
for the
mer lead singer.
During the recording of Blue
Green Orange, Byrne remembers
moments of tears when the pressure
was on.
"I would go
think]
of I
home crying [and
Oh my god, this is the demise
Mother Earth," he said in
retro-
spect. "If you're really, really pas-
sionate about something those emotions will come ... [but] I don't think
you can ever be disappointed in hard
work."
Having a "Rock Star asshole"
complex, Byrne believes vnW "come
back and bite you in the ass." Byrne
turned down his first invitation to the
Juno Music Awards because of the
"politics of
it
all... I
didn't feel like
thought it was silly," he said.
Byrne's sense of humour preceded his reputation when asked, "So
going.
what
I
really excites
you
...?"
He chuckled.
"What excites me, huh?"
Unfortunately there was no reply.
Maybe next time.
I Mother Earth has cancelled the
last two shows of their tour due to illness. After consulting with specialists, Byrne has been diagnosed with
hemorrhaged vocal cords.
No
rescheduled
dates
have
been
For more information
released.
check www.imotherearth.com.
COURTESY
Better actor than chanteuse
Waves),
by Steven Cox
is
cameras on
heard that Bjork
When
was making a movie, and
I
first
it
was a musical, I -never thought I
would even get in line, let alone
think it would be one of the best
movies I have seen all year.
I have to start by saying that I
think Bjork's voice sounds like a cat
in a blender in the middle of a room
where people are scratching their
nails
on chalkboards.
have a friend who is her
biggest fan and I have been stuck in
his car many times listing to her socalled music. For the last year and
a half, I had to hear my friend go on
I
and on and on about
He
talked about
began
it
Bjork's movie.
so
to get curious
much
about
it.
that
I
Then
took home two prizes at Cannes
I my curiosity grew stronger.
Dancer in the Dark, directed by
Lars Von Trier {Breaking the
filmed with
hand held
digital film.
When the
it seems very amasoon after you adjust and
it becomes beautiful to look at. Von
Trier is a very stylish filmmaker.
Bjork's character, Selma, is a
single mother, Czechoslovakian
film first starts
teurish, but
immigrant
living
state in the
mid
in
'60s.
Washington
She suffers
from a hereditary disease that is
causing her to go blind and is trying
to make enough money to save her
son from the same fate.
Selma works in a factory as a
printing press operator alongside
Katherine Deneuve, who plays her
best friend. Selma is a big fan of
movie musicals, and it is her ability
to hear music in everything that
leads to the film's musical num-
it
bers.
and
I have to admit I really liked the
music in this movie and Bjork's
voice really works here.
This movie takes you on an
emotional ride, with the melodrama of murder and trauma, bringing
a few people in the theatre to tears.
The film is so well acted and
directed that you get past the melodrama quickly. Musicals are not
made very often any more, but if
they can all be like this, I say make
more.
The musical numbers are perfectly staged and elaborate. A natural bom actor, Bjork gives one of
the strongest performances on film
in a long time.
This film has some great per-
from great actors
including Joel Gray and David
Morse, but Bjork stands out. She
has said she will never act again,
but I think she is one person who
should quit her day job.
Dancer in the Dark is not the
best film I have seen all year but it
does come close.
formances
COURTKSY
AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR - Deneuve, Bjork, Lars
'
"
October
12
2000
19,
superwoman and anyone
can do what I'm doing with
motivation and focus.
"I'm a
"Food
is
not just a biological need,
it is
a cultural need."
- Wayne Roberts
-Nature Blackman
See "Humber student"
See "Food"
Food more than just nourishment
by Erin Lippens
foods don't eat properly because of
their jobs or because they don't live
Community
close to
leaders from across
the country came to Toronto
during World Food Day last week.
The discussions main focus was the
economies neglect of a spiritual
connection to the earth and distorting views on ecological issues.
About 300 people packed the St.
Lawrence Centre forum on Oct. 12
for the discussion moderated by
Wayne Roberts of the Toronto Food
Policy Council.
is held in severacross the coun-
Different cultures hold forums
on the importance of food.
They also discuss nutritional elements and information on distinct
foods from their area and culture.
Even though it was the 19th
annual World Food Day, Roberts
said most people still concentrate on
"People no longer know how to
cook for themselves as our grandparents once did," Roberts said. "It
is now a specialized skill, not something that is a matter course.
Students no longer learn how to
cook in home economics because
that subject is gone."
There is also concern for the
health of those who rely on pre-
own
fresh vegetables, but say
Toronto lacks the ground space.
"I just don't trust eating anything that comes out of my little
backyard garden. What if it's contaminated or something?" a York
University student asked the panel.
She said whatever space there is
to grow fresh foods there is the risk
of ground contamination because
Why is that?"
Millions of dollars are spent on
promoting big companies that provide
snacks
and fast foods.
Burger King.
Commercials and billboards are the
main
culprit,
according to Roberts.
about money. These
people have to get their message
out the loudest to make more
"It's
all
money, regardless of health risks,"
he said.
The Food and Hunger Action
Committee will release a second
report next spring, and organizers
hope their efforts will pay off in
healthier eating habits.
cent of chronic diseases are linked
try.
eating fast
stores within the city.
their
of the city's toxins, and she points
out that healthy food habits are
not properly exhibited to young
people.
"Look around the schools. With
lots of little contests and draws, the
prize is always free pizza from Pizza
Pizza or coupons for Whoppers at
packaged foods. The Toronto Food
Policy council said
60 to 70 per
World Food Day
al different cities
one of the few fresh food
There are people in the city who
would like to have a garden to grow
to poor diet.
"We're not talking about starvation here, we're talking about using
fresh ingredients to
make more
nutritious food," Roberts told the
panel.
and frozen foods rather
than fresh foods, and think of food
as only a physical nourishment.
"Food is not just a biological
need, it is a cultural need, and that
is why we come together for World
Food Day. It is a gift and a blessing,
not just a commodity, and it is
about learning our relationship to
nature," he said.
The City of Toronto's Food and
Hunger Action Committee created
a report in May titled Planting the
Seeds. The report states many people in Toronto who can afford fresh
Anemia, cancer, cardiovascular
and hypertension
disease, diabetes,
are
related to diet.
all
Toronto
sits in
a very fertile agri-
cultural area, with
on
cites a
kets.
many farms lying
Yet the
borders.
its
cit>'
report
major lack of farmer's marFor the whole population of
Toronto, there are only 12. The locations include the St. Lawrence
Market, Yorkdale, some on Queen
Street in the Kensington Market
area, Nathan Phillips Square, and
Mel Lastman Square. People not
living near these areas rely on other
means of food.
MELANIEJUSTASON
FRESH IS BEST - The Food and Hunger Action Committee says fruits and vegetables
from fresh markets, such as
this
one
in
Kensington Market, are better for you.
Humber student shares pregnancy with
by Alexis Zgud
new
show,
television
Life's
Birth
Stories.
The premier episode, which
Imagine being
filmed at the most
life-changing and private time of
your
life.
One
of
Humber's own took
challenge and
of the
11
is
the
featured as just one
women
on
Life
Network's
aired Sept. 25, focuses on the lives
of three unique women: Cheryl, for-
mer drug addict and exotic dancer,
who teaches aerobics five
times a week and is married to a
Tracey,
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and Humber student,
Nature Blackman. She is a firstyear post grad Law Clerk student
and a single mother of two children.
Blackman, a former Accelerated
Journalism student who left the
program when she found out she
was pregnant, became involved
with Birth Stories to help her get
into the entertainment industry.
Camera crews began documenting
Blackman's pregnancy in January
and are still filming her and her now
7-month old daughter. Though many
people would find cameras on them
intrusive, Blackman said they were
lawyer,
anything but.
"It was nothing to be nervous
about. I was just sharing myself,
Blackman said.
Fifty to 60 people were initially
interviewed for the show, and from
those, the most interesting 11
women were chosen. Each come
from different backgrounds and
talking to a friend,"
each has a different story to tell.
Producers went to great lengths
to find the right women for the
show, said Life's Birth Stories series
producer Leslie Fruman.
"We talked with health care pro-
midwives, anywhere
you'd find pregnant women. We
wanted people who could tell differfessionals,
ent kinds of stories," Fruman said.
Blackman notes that the diversity
among
allows the
the group of
show to appeal
women
to a
more
general audience. While she didn't
have many things in common with
some of other women on the show,
they all shared the bond of mother-
hood.
"They are all so different, but all
so the same. We all have a lot to
talk about," she said
The show, according to Fruman,
is intended to be about "a bunch of
interesting women having babies"
and not a medical show. It tries to
focus on the struggles and triumphs
of pregnant women.
was nothing to be
nervous about. I was just
openly and candidly to the camera,
with narration as the only external
commentary.
Witten said this
style allows
viewers to become connected to the
subjects.
"It's
"We are trying to get a peek at
human condition through these
eyes,"
Fruman
their own judgments.
"People can decide what they
think about these women, their situations, and how their lives are pro-
gressing,"
er of Life's Birth Stories, said the
fits nicely into Life Networks'
show
nightly schedule.
"On
real
Life,
we have
a block of pro-
called Real Life Stories
people with real
life
about
issues.
Pregnancy is a life-altering moment
for people so it was an obvious program for us to produce," Witten
said.
The show
is
done
in
Fruman
Blackman
Cinema
Verite style, in which subjects speak
said.
isn't interested in
how
people react to her situation; all she
wants to do is provide a good life for
her children.
Blackman is determined not to
allow her children to go through the
struggles she went through as a
child.
Besides
going
Blackman works
said.
Cindy Witten, executive produc-
grams
It
make
the
women's
more personal, more imme-
doesn't have the filter of a
mediator," she said.
This style also allows viewers to
diate.
"It
sharing myself, talking
to a friend."
- Nature Blackman
Life
to
full-time
school,
and
is
starting a business.
I do in my life is a
within itself," she said.
But she stresses that although
her schedule is hectic, anyone can
do what she can if they have the
"Each thing
life
will.
"I'm a superwoman and anyone
can do what I'm doing with motivation and focus," she said.
The 12-part series airs on Life
Network on Monday, Wednesday,
and Saturday nights at 8 p.m.
-
October
"New
vehicles can
go several years between
19,
2000
13
LIFESTYLES
rust proofing applications, but vehicles 10
years and older should be oilsprayed every
two years."
- See Preventative Maintenance
Preventative maintenance for
Car Maintenance
Checklist
your car to make driving a breeze
Be sure to check the following:
by David Franzese
Preparing yourself for a long, winter
drive is more important than prepar-
Rust proofing is the most popular
winter maintenance task, but the body is
only one part of the vehicle that needs
of safety and first aid items. A perfectly maintained car won't help the driver much after a collision or during a
snowstorm when roads are blocked.
Vlado Demianenko says students are
rarely prepared for long, winter drives.
sists
can't
go
-
in
January or
February, when there is a big storm north of Toronto three or four hundred
kilometres with a Visa card. At least have
a cell phone and some cash. Protecting
the people is much more important," he
Chan
being ready for the unexpected.
"Don't protect the car. Protect the
people in the car," he said.
While he agrees that it is especially
important to drive a sound vehicle in the
winter months, he believes maintenance
should be done at regular intervals, not
just during season changes.
"Headlights and lights should be
working [all the] time. In the winter, fog
is going to be coming," he said.
Something to be cautious of when
driving in fog on dark streets north of the
city is using the high beams. Fog reflects
bright light and further reduces the driver's visibility. Fog lights are the most
effective lights to use, along with the
headlights of course, when driving
through fog.
When the driver is prepared to hit the
road, they are ready to prepare their
are strictly
DAVID FRANZESE
HOW MUCH THIS TIME?Mario Garcia, a mechanic at
Sacko, has 16 years of experience
fixing cars.
vehicle for safe driving.
it
means
there's a chemical
tires,
By
James Vicary piqued human
popcorn
sales by 58 per cent and Coke sales by 18 per
cent by flashing the words Drink Coca-Cola
and Hungry-Eat Popcorn during a movie.
interest after claiming to increase
Tom
Aikens, teaches
a
Foundations of Advertising course at
Georgian College, and believes in the concept
of subliminal messaging to a certain extent.
"The concept is possible, but there is so
much more that goes into the decision of
buying a product," Aikens said.
Subliminal messaging is done at such a
minimal level and so disguised by other
sounds and pictures that it usually can't be
detected.
The Little Mermaid, Aladdin and The
Lion King are just some Walt Disney films
that have had many claims of sexual pictures
and phrases spotted.
oil,
some
are just a chemical.
"We use clear-coloured spray for anything that's not underneath [the car].
Underneath it's black. After everything's
been sprayed, wean the car again to
remove the overspray," Chan said.
New vehicles can go several years
between rust proofing applications, but
vehicles lo years and older should be oilsprayed every two years to ensure adequate protection from the elements.
The road salt used on city streets can
damage car bodies and suspensions
much more than sand alone (typically
used on country roads and highways in
northern communities).
Demianenko is an advocate of preventive maintenance.
According to him, paying to maintain
a car on a regular basis is not only cheaper but also safer.
"If you're stuck in the north, it may
cost you your life," he said.
just your imagination or
opening up a magazine or turning on a
tv, consumers unleash the possibility of
being bombarded with subliminal sex messages. However, it's all in the eye of the
Professor
The
suspension, brakes
and engine are some of the many things
that need to be working properly in order
for the car to provide safe and reliable
transportation. With everything working
attention.
by Brianne Thorn
beholder.
In 1957,
oil
— some are oil based, some are not, some
Demianenko is the owner of Oakdale
Auto Repair, and a mechanic in North
York. He stresses the importance of
•
•
coolant/anti-freeze, thermostat
tires - winter tires on all four v»rheels, not
just the drive-wheels
•
spark plugs and wires
suspension - car should not bounce over
•
brakes
•
headlights
properly
•
windshield washer fluid - 4L can be used
during 100 km of driving
heater - be sure it works!
exhaust - check for leaks, loose, rusted parts
door seals - spray them with silicone to prevent them from sticking to the door frame
•
bumps
•
•
•
in cold
is
•
•
'
and lights
- all
should be working
weather
use more battery power when heater is on
on cold days (-30 Celsius), a new battery
will only have 40 per cent of its advertised
performance
'
'
Keyholes:
keep them
•
•
W
free of ice
and snow
use a keyhole defroster when key will not go
in hole
Gasoline Antifreeze:
•
•
one small bottle protects a tank of gas
it only during extremely cold conditions
use
Useful Extras:
•
blanket, candy, candles, food, drinks,
gloves, flashlight, tire chains (for cottage
country driving only), booster cables, spare
tire
and necessary
tools.
there a hidden message?
Messages are done so skillfiilly
the average person does not
notice them unless they're
penises.
made smaller,
men wanted long cars,"
women are usually associated
Before cars started being
ads stated that "real
now
,.
Oil:
• thinner oil (lower
number) ex. 5W30 is
better than 10W30 in the winter
• check for leaks, oil being burned by engine
The Wall Street Journal also stated that
Disney spokesman Rick Rhoades, said the
line in Aladdin is "scat, good tiger, take off
attractive
with these car ads.
And
in The Lion King the word sex is
spelled out in a cloud of dust.
In the mid 1970s, author Wilson Key
became well known for his works on sublim-
messaging. He said the messages are
done so skillfully the average person docs not
notice them unless they're pointed out.
Some messages in the media are not on
the subliminal level, however, they do have
hidden meanings.
should worlm evenly and
Battery:
According to the textbook. Exploring The
Dimensions Of Human Sexuality, cigarette
ads starting in the 1930s used words such as
"longer, firmer, rounder and more pleasing."
Sales executives felt that these ads led to
good sales because it associated cigarettes to
go."
- all
smoothly
The original cover for The Little Mermaid
featured a golden palace where one of the
towers looked to be the shape of a penis.
Also, during the first wedding in the film, the
priest was apparently sporting an erection
during the ceremony.
In the October 24, 1995 issue of The Wall
Street Journal, Anna Runge, a mother of
eight and former die-hard Disney fan, was
just one of the people that started the subliminal sex messaging Disney allegations,
saying that the line in the Aladdin movie was
"all good teenagers take off your clothes."
and
"*
said.
"Dripless
said.
Is
failure.
Lin Chan of Sacko Auto & Tire
Services in North York explained the
dripless, oil-spraying method of rust
proofing:
"First we check the car over. If it is
dirty, we clean it and then we let it air
dry. Next we lift the car up on a hoist. We
spray underneath first," she said.
"We'll check all the doors and see if
the manufacturer put [in] a hole for
spraying. If there is no hole, then we have
to drill one. We ask the customer for
their permission when we're going to
drill so we can spray inside the door. We
put a plug in the hole after spraying,"
ing your car or truck.
Every driver is encouraged to carry an
emergency kit in their vehicle that con-
"You
as a system, if any item is not in good
condition, the entire system is at risk of
pointed out.
He
uses an ad for Gilbey's Gin as an exam-
ple in his advertising class
where
the
word
sex appeared illuminated in three ice cubes.
Aikens doesn't buy into the idea that subliminal messaging can make a person buy a
product, but said he does believe that subliminal stimuli can cause a like or dislike
reaction.
"The concept of subliminal messaging
is
possible, but the technical advances are so
good now that advertisers can't get away
with it," he said.
Alison Birnie, a first-year Advertising student at Georgian College, said she believes
subliminal messaging is out there but that it
doesn't do anything.
"I think that the [people] making the ads
[that have subliminal messages in it] have a
little too much time on their hands," Birnie
said.
Wilson Key
inal
Subliminal messages may be on their way
out with all of the technical advances in the
media
as
Aikens said he has heard numbers as high
90 per cent of all liquor ads produce sexu-
al
messages.
today.
Designers may not feel that it's worth the
risk to throw in the odd sexual picture anymore, and may just rely on their artistic ability to keep the audience interested.
October
14
19,
2000
"A car collided into our cruiser, pinning the other officer between the
car and the rail, smashing his leg."
'
Ule are
by Chad Currier
Imagine going
and possible
work everyday
to
witii the risk of
personal danger
risk to
life.
"Day-to-day police work compromises an officer's personal safety," said Constable Bill Steed, a 25year veteran who has never pulled
his firearm. Officers
respond to a
variety of calls. Domestic disputes
rank
among the most dangerous
tempers and uncontrollable stress levels, he added.
Traffic duty, though perceived to
be fairly safe, has proven to be dangerous,
said
27-year veteran
due to
flared
Constable Phil Harris.
This past Monday, two Metro
were injured when
their police cruiser collided headon with a Honda Civic during a
police officers
high-speed pursuit along Weston
Road
at
1
a.m.
One
of the six pas-
sengers in the Civic was killed.
Details of the
police
injuries
are
under investigation by Ontario's
Special Investigations Unit.
Harris worked traffic on the Don
Valley and Gardiner Expressways
for more than five years.
He
remembers one close call.
"I saw an enormous garbage
-Constable, Phil Harris
among eueryday heroes
truck come barreling down the
expressway," said Harris. "A [truck
towing] rope hung from the back,
flapping in the wind. The dangling
rope came whizzing past my head."
He recalled later that if the rope
had wrapped around him, or even
struck him, he would have been
seriously, if not fatally, injured.
On another occasion during traffic duty, Harris witnessed two accidents involving other police officers.
"One night [on the Don Valley] I
was working with an officer who
was hit by an oncoming vehicle at a
great speed. I knew right there he
was dead," said Harris. "Another
time [myself and another officer)]were setting up flares at an
accident [on the Gardiner].
A
car
collided into our cruiser, pinning
al
safety on the job, but
concede
that "there are
is
willing to
some
crazy
people out there."
Hundreds of Canadian police
were killed on-duty in
Canada's history, and the Slain
Peace Officer's monument in
Ottawa honours their commitment.
During the Peace Tower ceremonies
in the second half of September
they are remembered, said Alberta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
superintendent Dennis Massey.
"Firefighters combat blazes, construction work is done at great
officers
heights. ..it's
all
part of the job," said
don't
understand the dangers that go
along with, the job at first, said program coordinator Ian Sim. But both
theory and practical instruction
enforce thjs. Students leave qualified and sure of their abilities.
"A call expected to be simple can
turn out to be the worst," said Sim,
who was a firefighter for 30 years
in
Etobicoke before becoming the program coordinator four years ago.
"You
must
anticipate
changes. ..moments that could have
gone the other way make you more
cautious."
Services North Division
Kostiuk said
his early years operating hoses from
trucks were the most dangerous.
"Once, my partner and I had to
Fire
Steed.
Toronto Fire Services unveiled a
monument this year on Oct 1 to
honour 141 Metro Toronto firefighters who have
died heroically
defending lives and property. The
the other officer between the car
and the rail, smashing his leg."
Harris believed the officer had
monument, at Fire Station #9 located at 339 Queen's Quay West, is a
seen the car coming, but the only
other option was to make the 90foot leap down onto Cherry Street.
Justin Cooper is a first-year
Humber
College
Police
Foundations student. When he finishes college he wants to be a Metro
police officer. He said he is not really concerned about his own person-"
in
bronzed
a
Emergency program students
fully
Commander Andrew
bring the hoses into a burning commercial building's front door," said
Kostiuk.
"We heard an immense
bang, but thought nothing of it [during the commotion]."
After the firefighters had extin-
guished the blaze, they found that
the sound came from a 600 pound
air conditioner unit that had fallen
just a few feet away from the building's entrance.
"We didn't think anything of it at
the time," said Kostiuk. "We just
said, 'Wow, were we lucky,' and
joked about it with colleagues."
Occupational dangers are a reality for community service work and
helping people. However, both
police officers
and
firefighters said
that their sense of accomplishment
far outweigh the personal risks.
a baby
At the base are
firefighter holding
blanket.
bronzed flames nipping the firefighter's heels. William Thornton,
in 1848, was the first Toronto firefighter to be killed. Thornton, a volunteer,
perished
after
being
trapped underneath a collapsed
wall.
Humber
College
Fire
and
Want to?
Have a great time
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In
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CHAD CURRIER
LIFESAVER-'The
Ultimate Sacrifice"
the 141 Toronto firefighters
V(
who
monument honours
lost their life
on duty.
October
Mike Katz and
his b-ball
squad open up
an
The
their exhibition season with
impressive win over Queen's University
Golden Gaels.
-
See "Basketball"
Despite loss,
19,
2000
15
Number Hawks men's hockey team
will be taking part in the Peter
Maybury Cup tournament at
Westwood Arena, Oct. 20 to Oct. 22.
Hawks
^^?L 'fffftw/Ti
capture division
still
hy John Edwards
little more touches," said
the
OCAA scoring leader.
"Algonquin was the team that beat
us last year and we want to beat
the ball a
The Humber Hawks men's soccer
team was unable to climb
Undefeated Mountain losing to
them
archrivals,
Mohawk
Mountaineers, 2-1 in their final reg-
this year.
Sanchez feels confident of his
team's chances against the reigning
OCAA champions.
"Against Algonquin its going to
be a brand new situation. A one
their
game on Tuesday.
Despite the loss the Hawks still
clinched the Central West division.
"We came out of it with what we
wanted, we didn't want to lose the
game, but we wanted to qualify first
and even losing by one goal we did
that," Sanchez said. "We also did
not want any yellow cards, red
ular season
game," Silva
said. " It's just a
matter
of putting the ball in the back of the
Today
net.
it
Most
wasn't there.
We just
game sudden death. If we lose that
game we're out, so we'll be playing
days
under a different pressure, but we
should win that one too," Sanchez
Humber
goalkeeper
Vito
Capone, who was playing forward
during the match, had a glorious
chance to pad the lead when he hit
said.
With only
cards or any injuries and nothing of
that happened. We are in very good
shape for the quarter-finals."
"The Hawks opened the scoring
early in the first half when striker
Jesse Calabro scored his 13th goal
of the season to give him the OCAA
scoring title for the second straight
different positions including
midfielder Jeff Silva, who was playing defence.
Silva felt the Hawks played well
but came up short when it counted.
"I thought we knocked the ball
around well, we controlled the
in
Hawks kept
intact
with a 1-0
fought
the
unbeaten record
victory in a hard
12 players dressed,
their
match
last
Friday
at
Redeemer.
Last time the Hawks and Royals
the
Hawks crushed
clashed,
it is.
asleep for a
fell
bit."
much to the
his ball ofi'the crossbar
dismay of his fellow Hawks.
The Redeemer fans were loud
and helped motivate their team
against the number one ranked
Hawks.
In his final regular season game
with the Hawks Calabro reached
Cesare Tripodo took over the reigns
as head coach and said the Royals
tried hard to ruffle the Hawks
'Their home fans cheered them
on every little play that was made.
When we made a mistake they
cheered even louder," Tripodo said.
"Our boys lost their composure to a
some
feathers.
certain degree, started playing for
"Redeemer was waiting for us
and expecting to be throttled 12 or
said.
nothing,"
Tripodo
13
"Redeemer came out with a lot of
school pride, played hard for their
ability and tried awfully hard to get
the crowd, and lost focus of what
they were there to do."
The Hawks had several opportu-
us off our game."
Humber forward Peter Curie,
who netted his eighth of the season
on a long lead pass from Mark
White, scored the only goal of the
because
Redeemer lo-i at Valley field.
With Germain Sanchez away,
year.
personal
Mohawk Park
in
milestones
Hamilton.
at
scored on this field and
for the past four years I finally didn't get a red card," Calabro said.
The Hawks had a golden opportunity to pad the lead when Mark
White's header went wide to the
"I finally
left.
Eddie McMillian scored on a
penalty kick at the 15-minute mark
of the first half to tie the score at
one. Jason McNeese broke the tie
and clinched victory for Mohawk
early in the second half.
Mohawk
played
physical
defence, but Hawks forward Peter
Curie and Calabro were still able to
JOHN EDWARDS
TACKLED - Jesse Calabro (right) is denied by the Royals
defender on this picture perfect slide challenge.
generate several glorious chances.
The Hawks will have revenge on
their minds on Monday when they
open the playoffs with a quarterfinal match against the Algonquin
of the Ontario Colleges
Athletic Association Championship
to continue to play tough
Humber forward Jesse Calabro
said the Hawks were very over-confident before the match, "like we
Thunder.
Algonquin defeated the Hawks
more intensity.
"We have to be more
were playing a house league team."
Many of the Hawks were playing
in
the
finals
last season.
Calabro said the Hawks will have
and with
physical on
game.
nities to score, but were met by a
tough Royals defence.
"We were
getting
frustrated
we
couldn't put the ball in
the net," said Calabro.
The Hawks received two yellow
cards late in the second
half.
Calabro said this was a result of
the
Hawks
failure to score.
"Everyone was playing selfish,"
said Calabro. "The frustration just
kept building and building then we
just let
it
out."
Lady Hawks end season undefeated
by Lindsay Higgs
which put them ahead of the Hawks
end of the first half.
In the second half, Sinisi scored
for Humber with 20 minutes left in
at the
The
Hawks women's
clinched
first
soccer team
after a nail biting
game
to end the 2000-01 outdoor
season tying 2-2 against their rivals,
the Mohawk Mountaineers.
The
Hawks
travelled
to
Hamilton on Tuesday to face the
Mountaineers in what was the most
physical and toughest game of the
season for Humber.
Hawk striker Lucia Sinisi scored
in the third minute of the first half
to give Humber the early lead.
Mohawk came back hard when
their striker blew a goal past Hawk
goalkeeper Tia Trombetta to even
the score at 1-1.
When Mohawk was awarded a
comer kick on the following play,
the referee called Sinisi for pushing
in the crease and booked her with a
yellow card. At the same time a
Mohawk player touched the ball
with her hand.
'The referee totally threw us off
our game," said Allison Read. "He
knew
call
that he messed
up when he
Lucia for pushing."
The Mountaineers scored on a
penalty
kick shortly thereafter,
the
game
relieved
to give the
Hawks
always have.
finals next.
takes to win and
'The first half we weren't in the
game," said Sinisi. "After that call
from the referee, we all got frustrated, but at half time we talked and
calmed ourselves down."
Although Humber has clinched
have our quarter
what
come together as
it
a
team."
The Hawks ran
a very
tie.
We
Now we know
last
into a brick wall
Saturday in Redeemer, which
resulted in a frustrating 0-0
The
Royals' goalkeeper
tie.
was solid
between the pipes, shutting out the
explosive Hawks' attack.
first place in
"Their goalie played really well,"
said Cataldo.
"We had a lot of
shots, but Redeemer played us man
sion, they
on
the Central West divihave to play a quarterfinal match, before the team can
qualify for the OCAA (Ontario
still
Colleges Athletic Association) finals
at Fanshawe College in London.
"We can't be cocky," said
defender Sandra Troiani.
"Every
game is going to get harder and
harder. We might be playing this
team again, so we have to keep our
composure."
Co-captain Adriana Cataldo said
the team was really nervous at the
beginning of the game, which could
have effected their style of play.
"Everyone was getting over
excited about the referee," said
Cataldo. "I told them to relax and
regain the composure that we
man
room
and they didn't give us any
to
move around."
Humber
controlled the ball for
the majority of the game, but
Cataldo said the Hawks just couldcapitalize
n't
around
on
their
chances
the net.
"We
absolutely have to want the
and be strong at every single
game," said Cataldo.
Defenders Sandra Troiani and
Carla Butera both said the game
ball
against Redeemer wasn't disappointing, but more of a wake up
LINDSAY HIGGS
WHO'S GONNA GET IT FIRST ?- Joanna
charges at
this
50-50
ball
Vitale (right)
with the Royals defender.
call.
"This was a good game. We are
at the point in our season where
every game counts," said Troiani.
"Redeemer is a good team and they
came out at us hard. It was something to wake us up and realize
what we have to do to win."
"No one is going to give us the
two points just because we're
Humber and we have
46
goals," said
six
wins with
Coach Vince
"All of that stuff
means
Pileggi.
absolutely
nothing to us and to every team
plays us."
who
October
i6
19,
2000
Sports Et Cetera
Basketball
Hawks open new season
by Luc Hebert
H
umber
College's men's basketball team beat Queen's
University for the first time in
three years as they routed the
Golden Gaels 81-53,
in their first
game of the season.
"Payback" was the word used by
Head Coach Mike Katz to describe
the game.
"That's a pretty
team beats Gaels
weak team
win over Queen's, winning by 28.
Four Hawks scored
double
in
figures including Cornell "Junior"
dictate the
"But in the second half we
ran through the plays
tion for
for
Despite the absence of OCAA allguard Dexter Miller, Humber
had no problems defeating a
Queen's team that has beaten
Humber convincingly the past two
star
properly,
and
we won by nearly 30.
We did something right," said
"Listen,
Marcel (Skinny) Lawrence
The Hawks can credit this
exhibition win to their defence.
From the tip-off to the final
buzzer, Humber put great pressure on the ball and cut off passing lanes, which forced Queen's
into committing far too many
turnovers over the course of the
we
game.
into the locker
bal-
anced scoring.
of the game.
Humber.
Team captain Marcel Lawrence
said Humber played a smarter sec"In the
Katz.
tempo
Queen's players could not deal with
the high energy of the Humber
squad and ran a sloppy offense,
which led to easy baskets in transi-
ond half as
that
enabled us to get more
open shots."
-Hawks captain,
years.
Humber also benefited from
The second half was dominated
by the Hawks, who continued to
Brown who poured in four 3-point
goals on his way to a gamehigh 22 points.
field
their [Queen's] standards, but we'll
take the win," he said.
with a
well.
first
half
we ran plays
and took some quick shots. We
never went to the second or third
options," said Lawrence. "But in
the second half we ran through
the plays properly, and that
enabled us to get more open
shots.
The Hawks suffered
well," said
a minor
mid-way through the first half
when Lawrence turned-over his
ankle on his way back to play
happy with
defense.
"I'm pleased with that.
thought
defended
I
ran our offense well,
well,
and rebounded
Katz.
"We have
to be
that."
Humber
carried a 10-point lead
room
one point
Lawrence said the extent of his
was minimal and that he will
time
be ready to play in the Dawson
Tournament, which begins tomorrow in Montreal, QC.
late in the first half.
Humber Varsity teams
MICHAEL STAMOU
injury
11 to 1 at
at half
despite being outscored
scare
raise cash
SWISH- Hawks guard Rupert Thomas hits the jumper
from five feet out for two points against Queen's.
Hawks
lose
two in
by Jason Thorn
for
United
Way Hoop-A-Thon
by JeffNeal
Players from Humber
College's
Varsity teams raised 83,136 in
the United Way Hoop-a- Thon, but
the Humber community failed to
show their support.
Held in the gymnasium from 11
a.m. to 3 p.m., for the general public, only four students, all Humber
Et Cetera editors, showed up to
shoot free throws.
"The reason only four people
came, the editors, is because I went
them
an article in
the paper," said Brenda Chambers,
Social Events co-ordinator.
"I
straight to
to get
know it wasn't well advertised
because we didn't have a lot of time
to set it up and it was just me doing
it and that is a big job to do by
myself. 1 had posters in rez, but
once again, they weren't posted."
The varsity event started at 9
p.m. and leading the way was the
men's
voUevball
team,
raising
S815.
"We went back home, asked
every one we could for help. We
explained it's a good cause - for the
United Way - and they were enthusiastic," said men's volleyball play-
Jon Chapman. "Actually we
were pretty competitive with the
other teams. We wanted to raise
the most money and we're pretty
happy with the results."
Each Varsity team participated.
er,
DARREN I.UM
ACTUALLY MADE
ONE- A member of one of
/
the varsity
teams
tries his
Hoop-A-Thon for
United Way, last Tuesday.
luck in the
The varsity athletes raised
$3136 for themselves and
the United Way.
Women'
Volleyball
raised
$177,
Hockey
Men's
$575,
Basketball
Women's
$336,
Basketball $650, and Women's
Soccer raised $364.
The Men's
Soccer team's totals were not in as
Men's
of press time.
Each team had a week
to gather
If there is one thing that you can
820 we wanted them to fundraise
for United Way, and then after that
go the United Way
and half to the teams for extra trips
and things like that," said Athletic
half the profits
wants to
Doug Fox.
travel,
"Every team
for example the
soccer team wants to go to an
indoor soccer tournament in
Montreal second semester, and I
just don't have the money."
"It's for a good cause and I like
shooting basketballs. We only have
one more tournament. Hopefully
the money that we raised will help
us get to Montreal," said Adriana
Cataldo, 1999/2000 Hawk Heart
Award winner and Athlete of the
year for women's soccer.
The two top fundraisers were
Men's Volleyball Coach Steve
Corbin
raising
Chambers with $182
$245,
for
and
Women's
Basketball.
Men's Volleyball player Bart
Babich shot a high score of 19 out
of 20, but scores ranged.
"Coming from the rink to the
court,
we
didn't fare overly fantas-
although we had one guy, Derek
Kearns shoot 17," said Hawks
tic,
Hockey
Head
Another returnee from the
Rob Cordeiro, scored
infirmary,
funds for the Hoop-a-thon, with a
certain amount going to the teams
to help finance trips for future
tournaments.
Out of the 83,136, 82, 625 will
go to the United Way while S501
will go to the varsity athletes.
"We gave them a minimum of
Director
New York
Coach
Joe
Washkurak. "I think we ranged
from 17 all the way down to one.
Hockey and basketball don't seem
to go hand in hand, but it's all in
fun. We had a good time, that's the
main thing."
be sure of during the men's
hockey season this year, it's that
the Hawks won't go down without
a fight.
Humber travelled to Brockport
New York with only three lines
and
five
defenseman and dropped
a shootout, 9-7.
Considering that
down
6-1
Humber was
midway through
the
second, losing by two showed
their Head Coach Joe Washkurak
that this team has character.
"The effort, I thought, was outstanding," Washkurak said. "We
gave up some goals, we fought
back and we got down again and
we fought back right to the bitter
end."
Humber had the lead for two
minutes early in the first when
Colin Gillespie scored on the
power play for his second of the
year.
But for the rest of the
first
and
the early part of the second it was
all Golden Eagles.
Nick Smyth scored a natural
hat-trick with three short-handed
goals over 15 minutes of play to
make it 3-1 Brockport.
That wasn't all. The Golden
Eagles quickly added three more
goals in four minutes to build a
huge five-goal
The
lead.
sixth goal also spelled the
end for Humber goalie Duane
Crocker who made his first start
since
last
coming
off the injuiy
list
week.
Washkurak is worried about
Hawks shakiness on their last
the
line of defense.
Those
three guys [the goalies]
have to figure out who's going to
be the starter," Washkurak said.
"It's been good but it hasn't been
what I'm looking for."
his first of the year to
make it 6-2.
Less than a minute later, Chris
McFayden finally netted his first
of the season.
Jamie Visser added another
less than two minutes later to
make it 6-4.
Then the
Mitchell made
his
presence
with two huge
hits
on the same
Hawks
Shane
felt
shift on Brockport's Scott Winkler
that left tlie Golden Eagle dreaming of happier days.
"I think everyone here has that
in them," Mitchell said. "But
that's what I like to do."
The momentum switched back
to
Brockport after that display
and by the midway point of the
third, it was 9-5 Golden Eagles.
Morris Marshall and Eric
Hobor each picked up a goal in
the last five minutes to make it a
more respectable 9-7 score.
In the last minute of the game
things turned a little ugly.
After a scrum around the
American net, Marshall ended up
with no gloves or helmet and
looking for a dance partner.
A reluctant Brandon
Marineau
accepted the invite and regretted
it for the next two minutes as he
didn't even have time to make a
fist before Marshall pummelled
him.
This coming weekend should
be a perfect test for the squad.
The entire team, minus Marc
Hobor, is expected to be in the
line-up to defend its Peter
Maybury Cup championship.
The road-weary team is excit-
ed about the coming weekend
and a thance to turn everything
around.
"We'll be at
good.
We will
home which
als
ed," Mitchell said.
is
be well-rest-
October
Sports Et Cetera
19,
2000
17
Oy mate Coach Mike Katz returns from
Sydney with a new job, team, and outlook
!
by Luc Hebert
off the court, and meeting other
The Head Coach of Humber's
men's basketball team returns
to the college after serving as an
assistant coach for the Canadian
Olympic team in Sydney, Australia.
Mike Katz tried to convey the
message that he was under much
less pressure than Head Coach Jay
Triano.
"The stakes are higher and
everybody's watching," Katz said.
'The Olympics is the highest level
of basketball outside of the NBA
championships in terms of what
seems to generate interest, but I
think the pressure is never the same
as an assistant coach than as a head
coach."
Although Katz played an important role in the national basketball
program, he had to make some sacrifices that were not easy.
For five
weeks, Katz coached the team in
pre-Olympic
tournaments
in
Hawaii and Hong Kong before taking on the world in Sydney, which
meant being away from his family.
"It wasn't easy. My wife had to
deal with certain issues in which I
would usually be involved," he said.
"It was something that my wife and
family understood. The Olympics
was a unique experience."
That's not to say that all of the
work and sacrifices did not come
without rewards.
Katz said he
enjoyed getting to know the players
people from the basketball world.
"I really enjoyed the off-court
experience because we were a really
tight group," said Katz.
Katz added he wasn't fatigued
after the
Games. He said he
lypse
is
ketball.
my
He
is
life
seem
"I
area of
for
coaching bas-
to thrive in that
Katz said.
actually excited about
life,"
coming back because he made some
positive changes to Humber's system based on what he used with the
teams
responsibility which
I
was
quite
^...JHilHlk
in the
world exe-
Mike Katz
said that even
though the play-
more accomplished, many
of the things he taught players on
the Olympic squad he also teaches
to his team at Humber and to both
of his children who play competitive basketball.
"Basketball skills have to be
and repeated constantly, so
you find yourself doing a lot of the
same individual work and drills
that you would with lower calibre
players," Katz said.
refined
Whichever approach he and
Triano
may have
taken,
it
certainly
contributed to the success of the
team, which fell just short of qualifying for the medal round. The guys
upset teams like Australia and
For the
the
first
time since 1956,
beat
head therapist spent
travelling around
the world, but it was anything but
Humber's
his
the Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0 in game
seven of the World Series, the Fall
Yankees. Queens versus the Bronx.
It's a rivalry that stretches way
beyond the boundries of any baseball stadium and into the blood of
every single person riding the infamous Number seven train.
This Fall Classic will cause more
pandemonium on that train than
any comment John Rocker could
ever utter. Be aware. New Yorkers
will not be singing a happy tune just
because both of their teams were
triumphant in their respective
leagues.
me out to the ball
game
Take me out to the park
Buy me a rifle and hand
Take
grenade
I don't care
how
the
game
has been played
For it's shoot, shoot, shoot
at that guy's face
he
don't die it's a shame
If
Cus'
it's
one, two, three
dead
bodies
At
the old ball
game.
-Luc Hebert
summer
relaxing.
Classic will be comprised of teams
from New York alone. Mets versus
Glen Parsons was the therapist
Canadian men's National
for the
team that competed
the Summer Olympic Games
basketball
in
in
Sydney, Australia. During a fiveperiod, Parsons travelled
with the team from Canada to
Hawaii, to
Hong Kong, to
week
Luc Hebert
Sports Columnist
That's not exactly what Major
League Baseball had in mind when
they said they wanted to promote
the World Series as great family fun
- But it's great New York fim!
New York's finest will have to
get in shape if they want to alleviate
the damage that will undoubtedly
be caused by the rudest, most ignorant jack-asses in the world -
Yankees
Bud
fans.
has probably ordered
the World Series rings to be
engraved with the Yankees logo.
Nobody, Mets included, can
afford to buy as much talent as the
Yanks have. If we want to see a real
World Series, we can only hope that
George Steinbrenner gets a big New
York knuckle sandwich in the
stands over the next two weeks.
At least, baseball fans will be
able to say that something conSelig
structive did
Series.
come
out of the World
Katz.
it
into perspective,
later,
I
think
did very well."
Katz believes the team he
worked with was about as good as
Canada will ever be able to produce.
He did say if the core of the team
would stay together, there might be
a future in Canadian basketball.
"I think this year's performance
indicates that we do have a future,
but you're only an injury away,"
Katz said. "You can't really pre-
The Canadians have set a standard that Katz hopes the team will
improve upon, but he is conscious
of the fact that qualifying again is
not a guarantee.
"We have to understand how difficult it was just to qualify.
Only
two teams got to go from our zone,"
said Katz. "Just getting there is not
a guarantee."
Katz is unsure of his future with
Basketball Canada. Next year the
National team will be qualify'ing for
the
World
Championships
in
Indianapolis, Indiana.
have a feeling the team
will
be
committed to staying together
at
"I
least for that," said Katz.
If the
team does
stay together,
t'OLRTK.SY
PHOTO
ASSISTANT COACHKatz was Jay Triano's
sidekick during the
Olympic Games in
Sydney, Australia.
it
•/
by Luc Hebert
New York Yankees
ing well against France, " said Katz.
"I'm just enjoying right now,
on the past summer and
working with the team here," said
Parsons partakes
in Olymmcs
A
Series.
when
reflecting
dict."
ers were
thankful for," said Katz. "We saw
the game with a similar vision,
which made for a pretty good
team."
to see the best
-Hawks Head Coach,
Katz has worked with Basketball
Canada in the past when he served
as a head coach for a Canadian
team participating in the World
University Games and as an assistant
coach
in
the
World
didate for someone who would
work well with Triano.
"He gave me an awful lot of
retain his position.
round robin play and posting a 5-2
record for the tournament.
"It was disappointing, not play-
putting
better
would almost assure that Katz
finishing first in their pool during
we
cute their stuff."
He
Championships.
When Jay Triano was chosen as
the National team's head coach,
Katz's name came up as a good can-
and what
way than
Katz.
The Subway
us:
better,
National team, Katz said.
"As a coach, you're always trying
to get better, and what better way
than to see the best teams in the
world execute their stuff," said
sien that the appoca
sign
anooca-
upon
"As a coach, you're
always trying to get
burned out because he always finds
a place in his
way towards
Yugoslavia on their
"But two and a half weeks
isn't
Mets and Yanks=Death
rnhis week's
This
Katz worked with the National
team, which included NBA players
Steve Nash and Todd McCullough.
Despite the talent and experience
the team had, he didn't change his
approach in practices or in games.
Australia,
and
finally
back
to
Canada.
In
his
fourth
year with
Basketball Canada, Parsons got the
chance to take in the Olympic
experience for the first time.
Participating in the Games was an
experience that Parsons said was a
thrill.
Although he mentioned some
any other basketball
tournament, he recalled that it just
took one look around to discover
he was involved in something
points
felt
like
much bigger.
"That's
when you
in eveiything
get caught up
and say 'Wow I'm
really at the Olympics," Parsons
said.
Parsons did admit, though, the
auta of the Olympic Games did not
strike him like a lightning bolt the
moment he arrived in Australia.
'It took a while to settle in at
first because we were there for
about eight days training before
the Olympics started," he said. "All
JL
the awe and excitement started to
settle in when we played our first
summers
game
Jones Cup team that participated
in Taiwan, and the men's national
against Australia."
Working for Humber College
and working for Basketball Canada
are two very different things.
Parsons said. With the National
team. Parsons dedicated his time
to 12 players, instead of about 90
athletes that he would deal with at
the college, and was able to form
bonds and relationships with the
for Basketball
Canada
with the women's national team, a
team
for the past four years.
He
ongoing contract with
Basketball Canada and expects to
continue working with them in the
has
an
future.
players.
"You're together all day long,
and all night," said Parsons. "You
hang out together, and do every-
thing together."
Parsons said he also enjoyed the
position, since he had the opportunity to work with athletes of the
highest calibre.
Working with
Olympic level players differs from
treating players at the collegiate
he remarked.
"They know how to take care of
their bodies a little better, and they
know how they need to recover in
order to get the job done every
other day," said Parsons.
Parsons' home was sold last
May, so he packed everything up
level,
and left everything in storage for
the summer while he was away
with the team.
"I headed out and lived out of a
bag for the summer," said Parsons.
Parsons moved
home last week.
into his
new
Parsons is no stranger to being
away from home for long periods
of time though. He has worked
COURTESY' PHOTO
THERAPIST- Parsons
had the opportunity to
work with Canada's NBA
players and see Vince
Carter's spectacular
dunks first hand.
October
l8
19,
2000
Sports Et Cetera
Koivu and Houle holding back the Habs
NHL's most storied franbecome a laughing
stock.
The Montreal Canadiens
have fallen from the top of the
mountain faster than an NBA draft
pick requests a trade from the
Vancouver Grizzlies.
The organization has failed to
make the post season the last two
The
and hopefully to the promised land.
Step one. Get rid of Koivu. Whose
brainchild was it, giving this guy
the
captaincy?
Maybe the
Montreal brass were watching the
movie Rudy when this decision was
made and thought it would be best
to give it to the smallest guy on the
years and it looks like they're heading for a three-peat.
A lot of people just go with the
notion that the Habs suck. This is
not true. The Canadiens lost an
average of seven players per game
to injury last season, and only
missed the playoffs by a measly two
points. And these were not just any
Gerald Diduck type garbage hockey
players.
Montreal was missing
Trevor Linden, Saku Koivu, Brian
Savage, and Shayne Corson at one
point or another last year.
Things are not looking better for
the Habs either. Corson left for
fi-ee agency and signed with the
Toronto Maple Leafs. Koivu will be
Montreal to success
tainly guide
chise has
John Edwards
Sports columnist
out of action for sue to eight weeks
because of a knee injury, and the
team has started off slowly. There
is however a solution to their problems. These several steps will cer-
HUMBER HAWKS
ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
team.
Koivu has proved nothing during his tenure as a Hab and even
during his NHL career.
The speedy centre has many
tools to make it in the NHL and
definitely has the ability to be one
of the best scorers in the league.
But the only hockey game he has
mastered over the past few years
has been on his Sony Playstation.
Koivu is still young and his value is
still considerably high. There are a
handful of teams that would want
to add a player of his status to their
If Montreal can find a
line-up.
team who is interested in Koivu,
then they should take that opportu-
nity and trade him. Perhaps they
can acquire talented youngsters
like Simon Gagne or Daymond
Langkow from the Flyers, who
would fit in nicely into the habs
system.
Which brings me to step two.
General manager Rejean Houle has
to go. Houle has tried to make several acquistions to improve the
club, but they have not panned out.
Most of his activity has hurt the
club more than benefitting from it.
Remember the Patrick Roy trade?
Or even the Turgeon trade? These
two moves setback the Habs, not
improved them.
Critics have said that head coach
Alain Vingneault be fired.
But
Vingneault has done a marvelous
job, considering the line-up he was
dealt. Houle has not made a major
move to improve the club over fiie
past two seasons, despite missing
the playoffs in those seasons.
It's
time for a change in
Montreal. Ifthereason why Houle
Hawks spiked
has not been fired yet is traditon,
then tradition sucks.
I think Neil Smith would be a
nice fit in Montreal. The former
Rangers' general manager is looking for work and is a proven winner.
He
just
might give the fran-
chise the shot in the
arm
it
needs.
Fletcher would be a
nice fit.
He has a good track
record, and has worked in the
Even
Cliff
Canadiens organiztion before.
Finally, on to step three. Give
the captaincy to Trevor Linden.
Lindeii was once knovra as the best
leader in the game. The former
Islander and Canuck star has not
got off to the start he wanted to this
season and may not put up the
points like he used to. But he is still
a talented and gritty player who has
a lot of heart.
Whatever the Montreal organization choose to do, they hadbetter
choose soon. Things are not getting or looking better in hockey's
most
historic city.
at recent
Michigan tournament
by JeffNeal
effect
we
The
Humber Hawks women's
team
Michigan
with a 1-3 record at last weekend's
Kalamazoo tournament, but have
their sights set on the upcoming
volleyball
left
regular season.
"Niio
is
making
the
transfer from being one
Cornell Brown
Brown poured in a game
high 22 points and sank four
three-pointers in the
Lucia
The
81-53 exhibiton win over the
against
Queen's University Golden
Gaels last Friday. Brown
and the Hawks will be participating in this
last,
Hawk goals
Mohawk in their
game.
Her goal with 20 minutes
left to
play assured the tie
and the Hawks a
second consecutive division
in
Montreal.
-Dave Hood
as she
final regular season
weekend's
Dawson Tournament
rookie midfielder saved
her best for
potted both
Hawks
Sinisi
of the best middle hitters
on the team last year, to
playing centre."
Coming off an OCAA gold
medal 1999/2000 seasons the
Hawks are more interested in
rebuilding success than their performance in exhibition games.
"We use this tournament as a
learning tool. We need to make this
team into a cohesive unit and the
Michigan
tournament
had
no
on our Ontario standings. So
measure
don't use this as a
how well we fare with the
opposition in Ontario," said head
coach Dave Hood.
The American teams in the
tournament have been playing
since July and were in mid-season
form.
Something that might of
been a disadvantage to the rusty
against
Hawks.
"They're at the apex of their seaIt gives us the opportunity to
play some good ball. It's substantially different from practising in
son.
our own gym,
Hood
in
our own
facilities,"
said.
Setter/Power Krista Schaff said
tournament is a chance to
prepare for the upcoming season.
"We're inexperienced right now
and we have a few rookies coming
that the
and a new centre who we are
not used to playing with. It's good
to get on the court and see how
everyone works together," Schaff
up,
said.
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in the role at centre.
The new centre
is last
season's
co-rookie of the year Niio Perkins,
who will be replacing All-Canadian
Caroline Fletcher. Fletcher is now
Hawks coaching staff.
"We've lost players before, but
we always have great athletes who
could always fill the hole. Niio is
making the transfer from being
one of the best middle hitters on
the team last year, to playing centre.
It's like going from wide
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The HSF works to
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